CVE-2009-3731
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3703)
- Published
- December 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3703 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- vmware / esx server
- vmware / lab manager
- vmware / server
- vmware / stage manager
- vmware / stage manager
- vmware / vcenter
- vmware / vcenter lab manager
- vmware / vcenter lab manager
- vmware / vcenter lab manager
- vmware / vcenter lab manager
- vmware / vcenter stage manager
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / epublisher
- webworks / help
- webworks / help
- webworks / help
- webworks / help
- webworks / publisher
- webworks / publisher
- webworks / publisher
- webworks / publisher
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-12/0229.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000073.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38749
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38842
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023683
- http://www.osvdb.org/62738
- http://www.osvdb.org/62739
- http://www.osvdb.org/62740
- http://www.osvdb.org/62741
- http://www.osvdb.org/62742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509883/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37346(Patch)
- http://www.webworks.com/Security/2009-0001/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5944
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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