What is CVE-2016-2081?

CVE-2016-2081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Log Insight, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-2081?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in VMware Vrealize Log Insight

CVE-2016-2081

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware vRealize Log Insight 2.x and 3.x before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-07-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Vrealize Log Insight — versions 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0008.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036078 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2081?: CVE-2016-2081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Log Insight, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-2081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.