CVE-2016-2078

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

1.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 62.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2016-06-08 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-26

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

21bb02a4037e22ac483b1ce9d2bd6595b7167aa1a2bd4c7d98ea990f38c0e4d0

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137189/VMWare-vSphere-Web-Client-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0006.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• hyp3rlinx.altervista.orghttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/VMWARE-VSPHERE-FLASH-XSS.txtx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com20160525 VMWare vSphere Web Client Flash XSShttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538484/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securitytracker.com1035961http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035961vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK