CVE-2016-5941: ibm corporation kenexa lms on cloud Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5941 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Path Traversal vulnerability in ibm corporation kenexa lms on cloud. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-02-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.