3.5 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
34.6%
The ESXi Host Client contains a vulnerability that may allow for stored cross-site scripting (XSS).
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140100");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7463");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_version("2023-07-20T05:05:17+0000");
script_name("VMware ESXi updates address a cross-site scripting issue (VMSA-2016-0023)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0023.html");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if the target host is missing one or more patch(es).");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch(es).");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The ESXi Host Client contains a vulnerability that may allow for stored cross-site scripting (XSS).");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The issue can be introduced by an attacker that has permission to manage virtual machines through ESXi
Host Client or by tricking the vSphere administrator to import a specially crafted VM. The issue may be triggered on the system from
where ESXi Host Client is used to manage the specially crafted VM.");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-20 05:05:17 +0000 (Thu, 20 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-31 02:59:00 +0000 (Sat, 31 Dec 2016)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-21 15:46:45 +0100 (Wed, 21 Dec 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("VMware Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esxi_init.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/ESXi/LSC", "VMware/ESX/version");
exit(0);
}
include("vmware_esx.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("VMware/ESXi/LSC"))
exit(0);
if(!esxVersion = get_kb_item("VMware/ESX/version"))
exit(0);
patches = make_array("6.0.0", "VIB:esx-ui:1.9.0-4392584",
"5.5.0", "VIB:esx-ui:1.12.0-4722375");
if(!patches[esxVersion])
exit(99);
if(report = esxi_patch_missing(esxi_version:esxVersion, patch:patches[esxVersion])) {
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
3.5 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
34.6%