What is CVE-2017-4930?

CVE-2017-4930 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Airwatch, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-4930?

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

XSS in VMware Airwatch

CVE-2017-4930

VMware AirWatch Console 9.x prior to 9.2.0 contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated AWC user to add a malicious URL to an enrolled device's 'Links' page. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in an unsuspecting AWC user being redirected to a malicious URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-11-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Airwatch
VMware Airwatch Console (Awc) — versions 9.x before 9.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1039750 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0016.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101772 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4930?: CVE-2017-4930 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Airwatch, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-4930?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.