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CVE-2016-7463

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote authenticated…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 67%
Public exploits
0
none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted VM.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.03.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Technology feeds
VMware (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/94998 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037501 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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