FKIE_CVE-2009-3731
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-16 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebWorks Help 2.0 through 5.0 in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 1 Build 208156; VMware Server 2.0.2; VMware ESX 4.0; VMware Lab Manager 2.x; VMware vCenter Lab Manager 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.1; VMware Stage Manager 1.x before 4.0.1; WebWorks Publisher 6.x through 8.x; WebWorks Publisher 2003; and WebWorks ePublisher 9.0.x through 9.3, 2008.1 through 2008.4, and 2009.x before 2009.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) wwhelp_entry.html, reachable through index.html and wwhsec.htm, (2) wwhelp/wwhimpl/api.htm, (3) wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/frameset.htm, (4) wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/scripts/switch.js, or (5) the window.opener component in wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/bookmark.htm, related to (a) unspecified parameters and (b) messages used in topic links for the bookmarking functionality.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| webworks | epublisher | 9.0 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 9.1 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 9.2 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 9.3 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 2008.1 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 2008.2 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 2008.3 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 2008.4 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 2009.1 | |
| webworks | epublisher | 2009.2 | |
| webworks | help | 2.0 | |
| webworks | help | 3.0 | |
| webworks | help | 4.0 | |
| webworks | help | 5.0 | |
| webworks | publisher | 6.0 | |
| webworks | publisher | 7.0 | |
| webworks | publisher | 8.0 | |
| webworks | publisher | 2003 | |
| vmware | vcenter | 4.0 | |
| microsoft | windows | * | |
| vmware | esx_server | 4.0 | |
| vmware | lab_manager | 2.0 | |
| vmware | server | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | stage_manager | * | |
| vmware | stage_manager | 1.0 | |
| vmware | vcenter_lab_manager | 3.0 | |
| vmware | vcenter_lab_manager | 3.0.1 | |
| vmware | vcenter_lab_manager | 3.0.2 | |
| vmware | vcenter_lab_manager | 4.0 | |
| vmware | vcenter_stage_manager | 1.0.1 |
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