01 Record

CVE-2009-3731

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebWorks Help 2.0 through 5.0 in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 1 Build 208156; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware ESX 4.0; VMware Lab Manager 2.x;

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebWorks Help 2.0 through 5.0 in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 1 Build 208156; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware ESX 4.0; VMware Lab Manager 2.x;

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 86.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2009-12-16 18:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-10-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e1e73540c5c8c9265cb5b7f39a520ac594c115df081c59f3f94397317baf2234

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

vmwareesx_serverNot specified—

vmwarelab_managerNot specified—

vmwareserverNot specified—

vmwarestage_managerNot specified—

vmwarevcenterNot specified—

vmwarevcenter_lab_managerNot specified—

vmwarevcenter_stage_managerNot specified—

webworksepublisherNot specified—

webworkshelpNot specified—

webworkspublisherNot specified—

06 References

archives.neohapsis.com20091215 VMSA-2009-0017 VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address cross-site scripting issueshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-12/0229.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.webworks.comhttp://www.webworks.com/Security/2009-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
securitytracker.com1023683http://securitytracker.com/id?1023683vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.osvdb.org62738http://www.osvdb.org/62738vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
www.securityfocus.com37346http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37346vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
secunia.com38749http://secunia.com/advisories/38749third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.osvdb.org62742http://www.osvdb.org/62742vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5944https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5944vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.securityfocus.com20100304 CA20100304-01: Security Notice for CA SiteMinderhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509883/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.osvdb.org62741http://www.osvdb.org/62741vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
secunia.com38842http://secunia.com/advisories/38842third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.osvdb.org62739http://www.osvdb.org/62739vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20091215 VMSA-2009-0017 VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address cross-site scripting issueshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000073.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.osvdb.org62740http://www.osvdb.org/62740vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB