Medium severity · published Dec 29, 2016
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 users to inject arbitrary web script or…
5.4
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
5.5; 6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7463
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7463
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94998
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037501
Patch
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html
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