Medium severity · published Dec 17, 2020
CVE-2020-29436
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0 allows a user with admin privileges to configure the system to gain access to content outside of NXRM via an XXE vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0 allows a user with admin privileges to configure the system to gain access to content outside of NXRM via an XXE vulnerability. Fixed in version 3.29.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NR
Nexus Repository Manager · Sonatype
3.0.0 before 3.29.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29436
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29436
Vendor Advisory
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500000415082-CVE-2020-29436-Nexus-Repository-Manager-3-XML-External-Entities-injection-2020-12-15
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