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CVE-2018-6958
VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.3.1 contains a vulnerability that may allow for a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.3.1 contains a vulnerability that may allow for a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Exploitation of this issue may lead to the compromise of the vRA user's workstation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By vmware
- 58 days later
· 58 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected prior to 7.3.1
References (3)
- 103752 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1040676 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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