CVE-2012-1512

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the internal browser in vSphere Client in VMware vSphere 4.1 before Update 2 and 5.0 before Update 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted log-file entry.

Affected products

VMware Vsphere: through 4.1; through 5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/80119
http://secunia.com/advisories/48387
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52525
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026817
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74093
http://osvdb.org/80119
http://secunia.com/advisories/48387
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52525
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026817
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74093

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