# CVE-2016-6018: Information disclosure in Emptoris Contract Management

> IBM Emptoris Contract Management reveals detailed error messages, allowing attackers to gain sensitive information for further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 19 Jul 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3337-29hg-rgvq

## What is CVE-2016-6018?

CVE-2016-6018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Emptoris Contract Management, published on 19 Jul 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Emptoris Contract Management 10.0 and 10.1 reveals detailed error messages in certain features that could cause an attacker to gain additional information to conduct further attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 116738.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6018?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Emptoris Contract Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6018?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6018 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Emptoris Contract Management

- [CVE-2015-5050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5050/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-4481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4481/): SQL injection in Contract Management (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2019-4483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4483/): SQL injection in Contract Management (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2015-5042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5042/): File upload in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-3041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3041/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6018 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Emptoris Contract Management, published on 19 Jul 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-2016-6018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Emptoris Contract 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-2016-6018/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6018/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6018
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6018
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6018

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