CVE-2016-3046 SQL injection in Access Manager

What is CVE-2016-3046?

CVE-2016-3046 is a low-severity SQL injection vulnerability in IBM Corporation Access Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Access Manager for Web is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements which could allow the attacker to view information in the back-end database.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3046?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Ibm Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Mobile, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3046?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2016-3046 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Access Manager

• CVE-2016-2908 XML external entity in Access Manager Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-1453 Command injection in Security Access Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-3029 Cross-site request forgery in Access Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2017-1477 XML external entity in Security Access Manager High 8.1
• CVE-2015-5018 Command injection in n/a High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w4vg-xqpc-cc8m.