CVE-2016-5890 Missing authorization in n/a
Remote authenticated users can change arbitrary passwords, enabling account takeover and privilege escalation in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5890?
CVE-2016-5890 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 30 Nov 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 before 5020500_14 and 5.2 06 before 5020602_1 allows remote authenticated users to change arbitrary passwords via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5890?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5890?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5890 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2016-5890 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator
- CVE-2015-7450 IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.
- CVE-2024-31903 IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition code execution
- CVE-2019-4728 Deserialization in Sterling B2B Integrator
- CVE-2020-4762 Privilege escalation in Sterling B2B Integrator
- CVE-2017-1174 SQL injection in Sterling B2B Integrator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx9x-x99p-f8g7.