CVE-2019-7238

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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	Vendor Advisory
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	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7238	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Nov 2025, 19:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Sonatype nexus Repository Manager
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager_3::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager::::::::

06 Nov 2025, 16:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7238 -~~	() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7238 - US Government Resource
First Time		Sonatype nexus Repository Manager 3
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager_3::::::::

Information

Published : 2019-03-21 17:29

Updated : 2025-11-06 19:56

NVD link : CVE-2019-7238

Mitre link : CVE-2019-7238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-7238

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sonatype

nexus_repository_manager

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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