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CVE-2026-7308: Nexus Repository 3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via HTML Browse Page

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 20/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.42% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.92.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.92.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An authenticated user with upload permission to a hosted repository can store content that causes arbitrary JavaScript to execute in the browser of any user who browses that repository directory via the HTML index page in Sonatype Nexus Repository versions 3.6.0 through versions before 3.92.0. This could allow the attacker to perform actions in the context of the victim's session.

MediumCVSS 5.1 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 11, 2026
Updated
Sep 22, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 35th percentile

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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · Sonatype
5.1
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
sonatypenexus repository manager

Limit the impact of XSS

This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A well-configured Content-Security-Policy doesn't fix it, but greatly reduces its impact. Check your site's CSP and other security headers for free.

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sonatype nexus repository manager3.6.0 and later · before 3.93.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Sonatype). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Sonatype Nexus Repository

    • 3.6.0 and later · before 3.92.0affected · semver

Same product

sonatype: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-7238Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.KEV
    92Now
  • CVE-2019-5475The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vuln
    41Plan
  • CVE-2019-9629Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 establishes a default administrator user with weak defaults (fixed credentials).
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-5189Apr 15, 2026 · Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component
    36Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-3048May 11, 2026 · Nexus Repository 3 - Improper LDAP Referral Handling
    20Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-3329Jun 11, 2026 · Nexus Repository Manager - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Sonatype Nexus Repository3.92.0Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-1759688 days apartNexus Repository 3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Blob Store Name
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2026-343833 days apartNexus Repository 3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ?describe Pages
    20Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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