What is CVE-2021-29159?

CVE-2021-29159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-29159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager

CVE-2021-29159

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sonatype Nexus_repository_manager
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29159?: CVE-2021-29159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-29159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.