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CVE-2016-5941

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5941 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud, allowing a remote attacker to access arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 5.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires low privileges and user interaction, but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:kenexa_lms:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95438
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry