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CVE-2016-2078

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2078 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Client of VMware vCenter Server versions 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 running on Windows, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flashvars parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a network attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0107 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txt
packetstormsecurity.com / files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538484/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com / id/1035961
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.html
Vendor Advisory