CVE-2018-16621
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
- Record
CVE-2018-16621- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-917
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
- Record
CVE-2018-16621- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8428 No score
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8428- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g834-v6mc-99mw
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
- Record
GHSA-g834-v6mc-99mw- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-917
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
- Record
CVE-2018-16621- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Loucy1231/Nexus-Repository-Manager3-EL-CVE-2018-16621-https-www.cve.org-CVERecord-id-CVE-2018-16621- | 2025-05-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16621 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, published November 15, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.16%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.