{"id":"CVE-2018-16621","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16621","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:25:44.720Z","title":"Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.","description":"Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.","published":"2018-11-15T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-917"],"affected":["sonatype/nexus repository manager"],"epss":{"score":0.0516,"percentile":0.92393,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-015-nxrm-sonatype","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010789153-CVE-2018-16621-Nexus-Repository-Manager-Java-Injection-October-17-2018","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-015-nxrm-sonatype","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010789153-CVE-2018-16621-Nexus-Repository-Manager-Java-Injection-October-17-2018","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16621","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}