# CVE-2016-8911: Other in Kenexa LMS on Cloud

> Remote attackers can hijack user click actions in IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud by tricking victims into visiting malicious sites.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5gfr-qc5f-grmj

## What is CVE-2016-8911?

CVE-2016-8911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Kenexa LMS on Cloud, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1 and 13.2 - 13.2.4 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.

Weakness: CWE-254

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8911?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Kenexa Lms on Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8911?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8911 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Kenexa LMS on Cloud

- [CVE-2016-6124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6124/): File upload in Kenexa LMS on Cloud (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-6126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6126/): Path traversal in Kenexa LMS on Cloud (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-8913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8913/): Path traversal in Kenexa LMS on Cloud (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-5939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5939/): SQL injection in Kenexa LMS on Cloud (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2016-6123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6123/): Cross-site scripting in Kenexa LMS on Cloud (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8911 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Kenexa LMS on Cloud, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Kenexa LMS on Cloud. 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-2016-8911/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8911/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8911
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8911
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8911

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8911/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.