# CVE-2016-8917: Cross-site request forgery in Sterling Order Management

> Attackers can trick users into performing unauthorized actions in IBM Sterling Order Management via cross-site request forgery.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wp9-rrxh-9hpq

## What is CVE-2016-8917?

CVE-2016-8917 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management, published on 31 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Sterling Order Management 9.2 - 9.5 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM Reference #: 2000943.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8917?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8917?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8917 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management

- [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-2016-5953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5953/): Information disclosure in Sterling Order Management (low 3.7)
- [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-2016-8917 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8917 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Sterling Order Management, published on 31 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8917 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-2016-8917/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8917/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8917
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8917
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8917

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