Vrealize Business Advanced And EnterpriseApplication · VMware
CVE-2016-2075
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware vRealize Business Advanced and Enterprise 8.x before 8.2.5 on Linux allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAuthenticated cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware vRealize Business Advanced and Enterprise 8.x on Linux allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML through unspecified vectors. The flaw requires valid authentication but enables session hijacking, defacement, or redirection of authenticated users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Vrealize Business Advanced And EnterpriseApplication
= 8.0= 8.0.1= 8.0.2= 8.1= 8.2= 8.2.1= 8.2.2= 8.2.3= 8.2.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine vRealize Business versionLog into the vRealize Business web interface and navigate to the About or System Information page to view the installed version number. Alternatively, check the installation directory or use the product's built-in version command if available.Affected if Version is 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, or 8.2.4
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Confirm the operating systemVerify that vRealize Business is running on a Linux host. Check the underlying operating system of the server where vRealize Business is installed.Affected if The host operating system is Linux
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Verify web interface accessibilityConfirm the vRealize Business web interface is accessible over the network. Attempt to reach the login page via HTTP/HTTPS from a client system.Affected if The web interface is accessible and responds to requests
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Confirm authentication is enabledVerify that user authentication is configured and enabled for the vRealize Business web interface. Check that valid user accounts exist and login functionality is operational.Affected if Authentication is enabled and functional (which is the default configuration)
You are affected if vRealize Business version 8.0 through 8.2.4 is installed on a Linux system with the web interface accessible and authentication enabled, as the vulnerability requires valid authentication to exploit the XSS flaw.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade vRealize Business to version 8.2.5 or later. Until then, restrict network access to trusted users and implement Content Security Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.
Fix this in Vrealize Business Advanced And Enterprise
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-2075 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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