What is CVE-2016-7463?

CVE-2016-7463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Esxi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-7463?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in VMware Esxi

CVE-2016-7463

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Esxi — versions 5.5, 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@vmware.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@vmware.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7463?: CVE-2016-7463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Esxi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-7463?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.