CVE-2016-6125
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1 and 13.2 - 13.2.4 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud versions 13.1 through 13.2.4 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows authenticated users to embed malicious JavaScript code into web interface fields. This script executes in the browsers of other users viewing the affected content, potentially enabling session hijacking and credential theft within trusted sessions.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 13.1= 13.2= 13.2.2= 13.2.3= 13.2.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify IBM Kenexa LMS versionAccess the IBM Kenexa LMS administrative interface or system configuration panel and locate the version information, typically found in About, System Info, or Help sections. If CLI access is available, check product documentation for version retrieval commands.Affected if The displayed version matches 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, or 13.2.4 exactly.
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Confirm web interface accessibilityVerify that the IBM Kenexa LMS web portal is accessible to users. This XSS vulnerability exploits web interface fields, so the attack surface only exists if the web application is operational and user-facing.Affected if The web interface is exposed and users can authenticate to access input fields.
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Review authentication mechanismDetermine whether user authentication is enabled and functional. This stored XSS requires an authenticated user to embed malicious code into web interface fields.Affected if Authenticated users can access and input data into web form fields.
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Inspect user input fieldsAs an authenticated user, navigate to common input fields in the LMS such as profile fields, course descriptions, announcement fields, or custom attribute fields where user-supplied data can be stored and displayed to other users.Affected if Fields exist that accept user input and render that input back to other users without visible encoding.
If the installed IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud version is 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, or 13.2.4 and the web interface with user input fields is accessible to authenticated users, the environment is affected by this stored XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided patches for IBM Kenexa LMS 13.2.4 or later. Until patched, implement output encoding and input validation on all user-supplied fields, and consider implementing Content Security Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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