Medium severity · published Apr 27, 2020
CVE-2020-11415
An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.17 and 3.x before 3.22.1
4.9
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.17 and 3.x before 3.22.1. Admin users can retrieve the LDAP server system username/password (as configured in nxrm) in cleartext.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NR
Nexus Repository Manager · Sonatype
2.0 before 2.14.17; 3.0 before 3.22.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11415
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11415
Patch
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045360854
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