VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7458

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

VMware vSphere Client 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a allows remote vCenter Server and ESXi instances to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Primary references