{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2019-7238 in the wild since at least 10 Dec 2021.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-7238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 10 Jun 2022.","what":"CVE-2019-7238 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, published on 21 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-7238 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-7238 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, published on 21 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2019-7238 in the wild since at least 10 Dec 2021.\n\nAffected product: Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7238/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7238/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-7238","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7238/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-7238","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4rg3-754f-rcrq"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Nexus Repository Manager","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass access controls to read or modify data in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"nexus_repository_manager","vendor":"sonatype"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2019-02-24","github_poc":7,"max_poc_stars":154,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2019-02-24T23:09:43Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-7238","stars":154,"title":"🐱‍💻 Poc of CVE-2019-7238 - Nexus Repository Manager 3 Remote Code Execution 🐱‍💻"},{"date":"2019-05-21T13:16:02Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/jas502n/CVE-2019-7238","stars":85,"title":"Nexus Repository Manager 3 Remote Code Execution without authentication \u003c 3.15.0"},{"date":"2019-07-26T16:08:40Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/verctor/nexus_rce_CVE-2019-7238","stars":38,"title":"Some debug notes and exploit(not blind)"},{"date":"2020-01-10T09:19:10Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/magicming200/CVE-2019-7238_Nexus_RCE_Tool","stars":24,"title":"CVE-2019-7238 Nexus RCE漏洞图形化一键检测工具。CVE-2019-7238 Nexus RCE Vul POC Tool."},{"date":"2025-04-20T16:03:38Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/DannyRavi/nmap-scripts","stars":2,"title":"nmap scripts for vuln cve-2020-0796 \u0026 cve-2019-7238 \u0026 cve2019-11580 \u0026 cve2017-6327 "},{"date":"2021-05-20T14:03:10Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/smallpiggy/CVE-2019-7238","stars":1,"title":"RCE"},{"date":"2026-10-08T20:42:55Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/CyberCTF/vulhub-nexus-cve-2019-7238","stars":0,"title":"Vulhub nexus/CVE-2019-7238: Nexus Repository Manager 3 JEXL Injection RCE (CVE-2019-7238), run with Isoloom"},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-7238.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager  \u003c3.15.0 - 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Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Task Property Injection","id":"CVE-2026-3199","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-08"},{"cvss_score":9.2,"headline":"Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component","id":"CVE-2026-5189","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-15"},{"cvss_score":8.9,"headline":"Nexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to Administrator","id":"CVE-2026-17601","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-07"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-15871","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-07-31"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass access controls to read or modify data in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7238/"}