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CVE-2016-2081

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2081 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting VMware vRealize Log Insight versions 2.x and 3.x prior to 3.3.2, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve partial impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has received some community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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

securitytracker.com / id/1036078
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0008.html
PatchVendor Advisory