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CVE-2016-8911 IBM CVE debrief

CVE-2016-8911 affects IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1 and 13.2 through 13.2.4. A remote attacker can persuade a victim to visit a malicious website and hijack the victim's click actions, which could be used to enable further attacks. NVD rates the issue medium severity and records that user interaction is required.

Vendor
IBM
Product
Kenexa Lms On Cloud
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.4
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2017-02-01
Original CVE updated
2026-05-13
Advisory published
2017-02-01
Advisory updated
2026-05-13

Who should care

Administrators, security teams, and end users of IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, and 13.2.4 should pay attention, especially where users may browse external sites while authenticated.

Technical summary

The NVD record describes a network-reachable vulnerability with low attack complexity, low privileges, and required user interaction (CVSS 3.0: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). The affected CPEs include IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, and 13.2.4. The described impact is click-action hijacking from a malicious website, and NVD maps the issue to CWE-254.

Defensive priority

Medium. The issue is remote and user-interaction dependent, but it affects a specific IBM product set and can still be leveraged through a malicious website when users are exposed to untrusted content.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Confirm whether IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, or 13.2.4 is deployed, and follow IBM's vendor advisory for remediation.
  • Apply any IBM-provided update or workaround referenced in the vendor advisory across all affected instances.
  • Reduce exposure to untrusted external websites for users who are signed in to the LMS.
  • Review browser and application controls that help prevent clickjacking or frame-based UI redressing where applicable.

Evidence notes

The supplied NVD record lists the affected versions, the CVSS vector, and the weakness mapping, and it cites IBM's vendor advisory plus a SecurityFocus technical/VDB entry. The vulnerability description explicitly states that a malicious website can hijack a victim's click actions after persuading the victim to visit it.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2016-8911 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8911

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2016-8911 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8911

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.