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TI-2016-06358 Aliases CVE-2016-7463GHSA-4v4c-9v2r-r2qg

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor…

Priority LOW 27CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01129 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7463
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4v4c-9v2r-r2qg

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2020-03488 Use after free in VMware ESXi KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-16135 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in VMware ESXi KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-16136 Out-of-bounds write in VMware ESXi KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2010-03709 The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS)… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-24615 Authentication bypass in VMware ESXi KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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