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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2016-2078 (VMSA-2016-0006)

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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2016-2078 (VMSA-2016-0006)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/08/2016
Created
08/29/2022
Added
07/25/2022
Modified
07/25/2022

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Client in VMware vCenter Server 5.1 before update 3d, 5.5 before update 3d, and 6.0 before update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flashvars parameter.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-vcenter-server-upgrade-latest

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