CVE-2017-4940
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 0.91 % · percentile 60 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2017-12-20 Updated 2024-09-17 Assigner vmware NVD status Modified Description The ESXi Host Client in VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201712103-SG, 5.5 before ESXi600-201711103-SG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201709102-SG) contains a vulnerability that may allow for stored cross-site scripting (XSS). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting Javascript, which might get executed when other users access the Host Client.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3b:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:550-20170901001s:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1a:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1b:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201504401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201505401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507101:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507102:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507402:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507403:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507404:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507405:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507406:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507407:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509101:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509102:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509201:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509202:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509203:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509204:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509205:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509206:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509207:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509208:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509209:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509210:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201510401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201511401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201601101:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201601102:*:*:*:*:*:*+80 more Affected products Product Versions VMware · ESXi affected 6.5 before ESXi650-201712103-SG ; affected 6.0 before ESXi600-201711103-SG ; affected 5.5 before ESXi550-201709102-SG)
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