CVE-2016-2078 (GCVE-0-2016-2078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-08 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Client in VMware vCenter Server 5.1 before update 3d, 5.5 before update 3d, and 6.0 before update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flashvars parameter.
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