CVE•Published 2017-03-31•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-6111Ibm · Curam_social_program_management

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CRITICAL

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Description

IBM Curam Social Program Management 6.0 and 7.0 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM Reference #: 2000833.

Timeline

Published 2017-03-31

Modified 2026-05-13

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2016-6111

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Ibm Curam Social Program Management" version:"5.2"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Curam Social Program Management"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Curam Social Program Management" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-6111