Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager

CVE-2020-15012

A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.19. A user that requests a crafted path can traverse up the file system to get access to content on disk (that the user running nxrm also has access to).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-15012: held from 0.026 to 0.026.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15012?
CVE-2020-15012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2020-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-15012?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.