CVE-2020-3955
published 2020-04-29CVE-2020-3955: ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201912104-SG and ESXi 6.7 without patch ESXi670-202004103-SG do not properly neutralize script-related HTML when viewing virtual…
PriorityP341critical9.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCHIHAN
EPSS
1.31%
67.6th percentile
ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201912104-SG and ESXi 6.7 without patch ESXi670-202004103-SG do not properly neutralize script-related HTML when viewing virtual machines attributes. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.3.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.3CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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GHSA
GHSA-9g8p-cxgw-6934: ESXi 6
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-3955 [MEDIUM] GHSA-9g8p-cxgw-6934: ESXi 6
ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201912104-SG and ESXi 6.7 without patch ESXi670-202004103-SG do not properly neutralize script-related HTML when viewing virtual machines attributes. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.3.
VMware
VMware ESXi patches address Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2020-3955)
vendor_vmware·2020-04-28·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2020-3955 [CRITICAL] VMware ESXi patches address Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2020-3955)
VMSA-2020-0008: VMware ESXi patches address Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2020-3955)
The VMware ESXi Host Client does not properly neutralize script-related HTML when viewing virtual machines attributes. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.3.
CVEs: CVE-2020-3955
Affected products: VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2020-04-29
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