CVE-2017-4940

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CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium

EPSS

<1%p58

Published

Dec 20, 2017 (Dec 20, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: vmware
Products: esxi
Weakness: CWE-79
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.9%)

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