# CVE-2016-6001: Server-side request forgery in Forms Experience Builder

> An attacker can exploit a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the design interface to disclose internal resource information.

- **Severity:** Low 3.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7mh9-pm6v-7vqq

## What is CVE-2016-6001?

CVE-2016-6001 is a low-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in IBM Corporation Forms Experience Builder, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Forms Experience Builder could be susceptible to a server-side request forgery (SSRF) from the application design interface allowing for some information disclosure of internal resources.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6001?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Forms Experience Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6001?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6001 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6001 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Forms Experience Builder

- [CVE-2016-2884](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2884/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2014-6169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6169/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2016-0369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0369/): XML external entity in n/a (low 2.7)
- [CVE-2016-0370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0370/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6001 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6001 is a low-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in IBM Corporation Forms Experience Builder, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Forms Experience Builder. 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-2016-6001/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6001/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6001
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6001
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6001

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6001/
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