VMSA-2016-0023: VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue (CVE-2016-7463)
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
12/21/2016
07/25/2018
12/21/2016
10/30/2017
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- vmware-esxi55-upgrade-4756874
- vmware-esxi60-upgrade-4558694
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