Medium severity · published Apr 28, 2021
CVE-2021-29159
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.30.1
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.30.1. An attacker with a local account can create entities with crafted properties that, when viewed by an administrator, can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the NXRM application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NR
Nexus Repository Manager · Sonatype
3.23.0 before 3.30.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29159
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29159
Vendor Advisory
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005031082
Vendor Advisory
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/categories/201980768-Welcome-to-the-Sonatype-Support-Knowledge-Base
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