High severity · published Nov 15, 2018
CVE-2018-16621
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection
7.2
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NR
Nexus Repository Manager · Sonatype
before 3.14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16621
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16621
Exploit
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-015-nxrm-sonatype
Patch
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010789153-CVE-2018-16621-Nexus-Repository-Manager-Java-Injection-October-17-2018
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