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CVE-2016-8928 IBM CVE debrief

CVE-2016-8928 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud. NVD classifies it as CWE-89 and lists affected Kenexa LMS versions including 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2. A remote attacker with low privileges could send specially crafted SQL statements to affect data stored in the backend database.

Vendor
IBM
Product
Kenexa Lms
CVSS
HIGH 7.6
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

Organizations running IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud, especially administrators, application owners, security teams, and incident responders responsible for the listed Kenexa LMS versions.

Technical summary

The NVD record describes a network-reachable SQL injection issue with low attack complexity and low privileges required. The CVSS 3.0 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L, indicating strong confidentiality impact and lower but still meaningful integrity and availability impact. The weakness is mapped to CWE-89 (SQL Injection).

Defensive priority

High. The issue is remotely reachable and can expose or alter backend database data, so affected deployments should be prioritized for inventory, patch verification, and compensating controls.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory IBM Kenexa LMS installations and confirm whether any of the affected versions listed by NVD are in use.
  • Review and apply IBM PSIRT remediation guidance referenced in the vendor advisory link.
  • Restrict application and database privileges to the minimum necessary while remediation is being completed.
  • Monitor for unusual database errors, unexpected query behavior, and suspicious requests targeting the application.
  • Validate that all user-controlled input reaching database queries is properly parameterized or otherwise protected in any custom integrations or extensions.

Evidence notes

The supplied official sources identify this as CVE-2016-8928, first published in the NVD/CVE data on 2017-02-01 and last modified on 2026-05-13. NVD records CWE-89, the CVSS 3.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L, and the affected IBM Kenexa LMS CPEs. IBM PSIRT and SecurityFocus references are included in the source corpus. No Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) entry was supplied.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2016-8928 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8928

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

  • CVE-2016-8928 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8928

    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.