Stored cross-site scripting in VMware ESXi - CVE-2016-7463
Published: December 20, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1431
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7463
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7463
The vendor has issued the following patches to address this vulnerability:
ESXi 6.0
ESXi 6.0
ESXi 5.5