PT-2018-16883 · Sonatype · Nexus Repository Manager

Daniel Ostovary + 1 · Published 2018-02-09 · Updated 2018-02-27 · CVE-2018-5306

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.x before 3.8

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via several parameters and fields, including:

• the repoId or format parameter to the "service/siesta/healthcheck/healthCheckFileDetail/.../index.html" endpoint,
• the filename in the "File Upload" functionality of the Staging Upload,
• the username when creating a new user,
• the IQ Server URL field in the IQ Server Connection functionality.

Recommendations For versions 3.x before 3.8, update to version 3.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5306

Affected Products

Nexus Repository Manager

References · 5

• 🔥 https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-sonatype-nexus-repository-manager-oss-pro/index.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5306 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5306 · Security Note
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000134968 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/23 · Note