Cross-site scripting in Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) - CVE-2016-2081
Published: July 3, 2016 / Updated: October 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40220
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2016-2081
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight)
Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight)
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in VMware vRealize Log Insight 2.x and 3.x before 3.3.2. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2081
Install update from vendor's website.