CVE-2016-8932

high

Published 2017-02-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable server.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	kenexa_lms	`4.1`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`4.2`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`4.2.2`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`4.2.3`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`4.2.4`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`5.0`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`5.1`
ibm	kenexa_lms	`5.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.