CVE-2016-8913

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% 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 13.1 and 13.2 - 13.2.4 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 Kenexa Lms On Cloud: 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, 13.2.4

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993982
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94304
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993982
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94304

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