What is CVE-2020-3955?

CVE-2020-3955 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2020-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-3955?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

XSS in Vmware Esxi

CVE-2020-3955

ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201912104-SG and ESXi 6.7 without patch ESXi670-202004103-SG do not properly neutralize script-related HTML when viewing virtual machines attributes. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in t…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Esxi — versions ESXi 6.7 without patch ESXi670-202004103-SG, 6.7, ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201912104-SG

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3955?: CVE-2020-3955 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2020-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-3955?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.