Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1512

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the internal browser in vSphere Client in VMware vSphere 4.1 before Update 2 and 5.0 before Update 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted log-file entry.

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Affected products

VMware/Vsphere3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.0
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vsphere:*:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.1
- (no CPE)range: 4.1 before Update 2, 5.0 before Update 1

Patches

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References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/80119nvd
secunia.com/advisories/48387nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/52525nvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74093nvd

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