Victim-privileged actions via CSRF protection bypass
Published Feb 1, 2023 · Updated Mar 27, 2025
Cross-site request forgery bypass in VMware vRealize Operations 8.6.x allows remote attackers to execute actions as an authenticated victim. VMware has not disclosed which request handler or validation error permits forged requests to bypass CSRF protection. Exploitation requires an authenticated victim to interact with attacker-controlled content, and resulting actions inherit that victim's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery bypass in VMware vRealize Operations 8.6.x allows remote attackers to execute actions as an authenticated victim. VMware has not disclosed which request handler or validation error permits forged requests to bypass CSRF protection. Exploitation requires an authenticated victim to interact with attacker-controlled content, and resulting actions inherit that victim's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-20856
- Published
- Feb 1, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 27, 2025
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- VMware Aria Operations
- Classifications
- CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 1, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) 8.6.4
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