CVE-2009-3731: VMware Esx Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Esx Server: version 4.0 only
• VMware Lab Manager: version 2.0 only
• VMware Server: version 2.0.2 only
• VMware Stage Manager: up to and including 4.0; version 1.0 only
• VMware vCenter: version 4.0 only
• VMware vCenter Lab Manager: version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 4.0 only
• VMware vCenter Stage Manager: version 1.0.1 only
• Webworks Epublisher: version 9.0 only; version 9.1 only; version 9.2 only; version 9.3 only; version 2008.1 only; version 2008.2 only; …
• Webworks Help: version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only
• Webworks Publisher: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 2003 only

Published 2009-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.