CVE-2016-7463
published 2016-12-29CVE-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…
PriorityP421medium5.4CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
1.13%
62.7th percentile
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.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | vmware_esxi | — | — |
| vmware | vmware_vsphere | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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GHSA
GHSA-4v4c-9v2r-r2qg: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-7463 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-4v4c-9v2r-r2qg: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) 5
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.
VMware
VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue
vendor_vmware·2016-12-20·CVSS 5.4
CVE-2016-7463 [MEDIUM] VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue
VMSA-2016-0023: VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue
a. Host Client stored cross-site scripting issue The ESXi Host Client contains a vulnerability that may allow for stored cross-site scripting (XSS). The issue can be introduced by an attacker that has permission to manage virtual machines through ESXi Host Client or by tricking the vSphere administrator to import a specially crafted VM. The issue may be triggered on the system from where ESXi Host Client is used to manage the specially crafted VM. VMware advises not to import VMs from untrusted sources. VMware would like to thank Caleb Watt (@calebwatt15) for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-7463 to this issue. Column 5 o
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2016-12-29
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