CVE-2009-2277 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebAccess in VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and 2.5 and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "context data."

Published: 2010-04-01

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2273	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebAccess in VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and 2.5 and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "context data."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00365.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000086.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39037
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0005.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7080

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Esx Server Virtualcenter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-04-01T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:44:55.874Z

Reserved: 2009-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2277

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-01T19:30:00.343

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-2277

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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