CVE-2016-8953

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-601

Description

IBM Emptoris Sourcing 9.5.x through 10.1.x could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 118840.

Affected products

IBM Emptoris Sourcing: 9.5, 9.5.0.1, 9.5.1.1, 9.5.1.2, 9.5.1.3, 10.0.0 (+5)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22005549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99545
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118840
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22005549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99545
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118840

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