SB2016122001 - Cross-site scripting in VMware ESXi
Published: December 20, 2016
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7463)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via malicious VM (virtual machine) image. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted VM image, containing XSS exploit, trick the victim into importing the image and permanently store arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in victim’s browser in context of vulnerable website every time the victim visits vulnerable interface.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.