CVE-2016-2078

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

VMware vCenter Server: 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 5.0

References

http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538484/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035961
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.html
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538484/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035961
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.html

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