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CVE-2017-4940

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
20/12/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

The ESXi Host Client in VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201712103-SG, 5.5 before ESXi600-201711103-SG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201709102-SG) contains a vulnerability that may allow for stored cross-site scripting (XSS). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting Javascript, which might get executed when other users access the Host Client.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
6.10
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:550-20170901001s:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201504401:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201505401:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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