FKIE_CVE-2016-5939

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-01 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992129Patch, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93523Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992129Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93523Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 4.1
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 4.2
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 4.2.2
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 4.2.3
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 4.2.4
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 5.0
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 5.1
ibm kenexa_lms_on_cloud 5.2
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