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CVE-2009-2277

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2277 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WebAccess in VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and 2.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through "context data." With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and leading to potential information integrity compromise (I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2010/000086.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7080
securityfocus.com / bid/39037
Patch
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0005.html
PatchVendor Advisory