# CVE-2016-5953: Information disclosure in Sterling Order Management

> IBM Sterling Order Management exposes session identifiers in URLs on error pages, allowing attackers to potentially hijack user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 1 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p3j-j69q-f44j

## What is CVE-2016-5953?

CVE-2016-5953 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management, published on 1 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Sterling Order Management transmits the session identifier within the URL. When a user is unable to view a certain view due to not being allowed permissions, the website responds with an error page where the session identifier is encoded as Base64 in the URL.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5953?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-5953?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-5953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management

- [CVE-2016-8917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8917/): Cross-site request forgery in Sterling Order Management (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-9991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9991/): Cross-site request forgery in Sterling Order Management (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2014-4807](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4807/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.0)
- [CVE-2013-6322](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6322/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5953 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-5953 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management, published on 1 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-2016-5953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management. 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-2016-5953/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5953/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5953
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5953
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5953

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