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CVE-2016-7463

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: none known
• Published: 2016-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (aka ESXi) 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted VM.

Affected products

• VMware ESXi: 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94998
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037501
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94998
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037501
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html

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