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CVE-2016-5942

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
01/02/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.50 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
3.50
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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