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CVE-2021-29159

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Sonatype — Nexus Repository Manager

CWEs

References

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