# CVE-2016-0210: Information disclosure in Sterling B2B Integrator

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information from IBM Sterling B2B Integrator by sending specially crafted HTTP OPTIONS requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6jwc-7hhj-r44x

## What is CVE-2016-0210?

CVE-2016-0210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 8 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By allowing HTTP OPTIONS method, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted query to a vulnerable server running to cause the server to disclose sensitive information in the HTTP response.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0210?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-0210?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0210 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-0210 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0210 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator

- [CVE-2015-7450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7450/): IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection. (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-31903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31903/): IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-4728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4728/): Deserialization in Sterling B2B Integrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-4762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4762/): Privilege escalation in Sterling B2B Integrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1174/): SQL injection in Sterling B2B Integrator (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-0210 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-0210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 8 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0210 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0210/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0210/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0210
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0210
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0210

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