CVE-2009-2277

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebAccess in VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and 2.5 and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "context data."

Affected products

VMware Esx Server: 3.0.3, 3.5
VMware Virtualcenter: 2.0.2, 2.5

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000086.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39037
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0005.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7080
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000086.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39037
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0005.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7080

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