THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-5475
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-5475

Nexus Repository Manager vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
18.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data, such as the Yum Configuration Capability.
Affected vendor
Sonatype
Affected product
Nexus Repository Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2019-09-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-5475

  • Confirm whether Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-5475.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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