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CVE-2019-7238

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
January 30, 2019
Published Date
March 21, 2019
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
Sonatype
Product
Nexus Repository Manager
Description
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.
Tags
cisa nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-02 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2021-05-20 14:03:10 UTC) Source

References

https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017310793-CVE-2019-7238-Nexus-Repository-Manager-3-Missing-Access-Controls-and-Remote-Code-Execution-February-5th-2019

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-12-10 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-7238.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

smallpiggy/CVE-2019-7238

Type: github • Created: 2021-05-20 14:03:10 UTC • Stars: 1

RCE

magicming200/CVE-2019-7238_Nexus_RCE_Tool

Type: github • Created: 2020-01-10 09:19:10 UTC • Stars: 24

CVE-2019-7238 Nexus RCE漏洞图形化一键检测工具。CVE-2019-7238 Nexus RCE Vul POC Tool.

verctor/nexus_rce_CVE-2019-7238

Type: github • Created: 2019-07-26 16:08:40 UTC • Stars: 40

Some debug notes and exploit(not blind)

jas502n/CVE-2019-7238

Type: github • Created: 2019-05-21 13:16:02 UTC • Stars: 82

Nexus Repository Manager 3 Remote Code Execution without authentication < 3.15.0

mpgn/CVE-2019-7238

Type: github • Created: 2019-02-24 23:09:43 UTC • Stars: 150

🐱‍💻 Poc of CVE-2019-7238 - Nexus Repository Manager 3 Remote Code Execution 🐱‍💻

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei