SQL Injection in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud (CVE-2016-9994)
Summary
SQL injection in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud (CVE-2016-9994). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud 9.0, and 10.0.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM Reference #: 1976805.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-9994 has been found in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud CVE-2016-9994" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-9994 (IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud) — CWE-89 / CVSS v3 7.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
SQL injection (CWE-89) exists in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch ibm.com