CVE-2018-5306 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 3.x before 3.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the repoId or (2) format parameter to service/siesta/healthcheck/healthCheckFileDetail/.../index.html; (3) the filename in the "File Upload" functionality of the Staging Upload; (4) the username when creating a new user; or (5) the IQ Server URL field in the IQ Server Connection functionality

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 3.x before 3.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the repoId or (2) format parameter to service/siesta/healthcheck/healthCheckFileDetail/.../index.html; (3) the filename in the "File Upload" functionality of the Staging Upload; (4) the username when creating a new user; or (5) the IQ Server URL field in the IQ Server Connection functionality

Published Feb 9, 2018

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.09%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 3.x before 3.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the repoId or (2) format parameter to service/siesta/healthcheck/healthCheckFileDetail/.../index.html; (3) the filename in the "File Upload" functionality of the Staging Upload; (4) the username when creating a new user; or (5) the IQ Server URL field in the IQ Server Connection functionality.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.09% 0.01095

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01095

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.09% (0.01095)	64.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.09% (0.01095)	64.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	52.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	52.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00156)	50.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.11% (0.01110)	29.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	1.11% (0.01110)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/23
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000134968
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-sonatype-nexus-repository-manager-oss-pro/index.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/23		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000134968		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-sonatype-nexus-repository-manager-oss-pro/index.html		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 9, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Jan 8, 2018

Link CVE-2018-5306

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-5306

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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