CVE-2016-5941

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing dot dot sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Kenexa LMS on Cloud: 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 5.0 (+2)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992072
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95438
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992072
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95438

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