CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2078
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-06-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Client in VMware vCenter Server 5.1 before update 3d, 5.5 before update 3d, and 6.0 before update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flashvars parameter.
Affected configurations
• vmware vcenter server 5.1
• vmware vcenter server 5.5
• vmware vcenter server 6.0
• vmware vcenter server 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txt hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538484/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035961 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.html Vendor Advisory
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txt hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538484/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035961 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.html Vendor Advisory