The version of VMware vCenter Server installed on the remote host is 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3n, 6.7 prior to 6.7 U3l or 7.0 prior to 7.0 U1c. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, as follows:

  - The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious     actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the     underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server. This affects VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7     before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2 and 3.x before 3.10.1.2).
    (CVE-2021-21972)

  - The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains an SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) vulnerability due to improper validation     of URLs in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue by     sending a POST request to vCenter Server plugin leading to information disclosure. This affects: VMware vCenter     Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2     and 3.x before 3.10.1.2). (CVE-2021-21973)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version   number. Nessus has also not tested for the presence of a workaround.

Detections

Analytics

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2021-0002)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146826

Version 1.13

Version 1.12

Version 1.11

Version 1.13 Apr 25, 2023, 11:11 PM CVSS temporal metrics (Adjust exploitability metrics for CISA KEV vulnerabilities) Plugin Feed: 202304252311
Version 1.12 Jan 18, 2023, 4:10 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202301181610
Version 1.11 Dec 6, 2022, 6:53 AM Reference Plugin Feed: 202212060653