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CVE-2018-12100

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.x before 3.12.0 has XSS in multiple areas in the Administration UI.

Affected products

• Sonatype Nexus Repository 3: from 3.3.0 before 3.12.0 — fixed in 3.12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 3.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.sonatype.com/t/repository-manager-3-12-0-released/31
• https://issues.sonatype.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/NEXUS-16870
• https://issues.sonatype.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=17493&projectId=10001
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018565994-CVE-2018-12100-Nexus-Repository-Manager-3-Cross-Site-Scripting-XSS-June-4th-2018
• https://community.sonatype.com/t/repository-manager-3-12-0-released/31
• https://issues.sonatype.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/NEXUS-16870
• https://issues.sonatype.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=17493&projectId=10001
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018565994-CVE-2018-12100-Nexus-Repository-Manager-3-Cross-Site-Scripting-XSS-June-4th-2018

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