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CVE-2013-5971

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in the vSphere Web Client Server in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• VMware vCenter Server: through 5.0; 4.0.0.10021, 4.0.0.12305, 4.1, 4.1.0.12319, 4.1.0.14766, 4.1.0.17435 (+2)

References

• http://osvdb.org/98718
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63218
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88134
• http://osvdb.org/98718
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63218
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88134

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