CVE-2016-7463 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Host Client in VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) versions 5.5 and 6.0. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows remote authenticated users to inject malicious web script or HTML through a specially crafted virtual machine, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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