CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-10199

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

Published: Apr 01, 2020 | Modified: Oct 07, 2022
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Sonatype Nexus Repository before 3.21.2 allows JavaEL Injection (issue 1 of 2).

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of an expression language (EL) statement in a framework such as a Java Server Page (JSP) using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended EL statement before it is executed.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nexus Sonatype * *

Potential Mitigations

  • If user-controlled data must be added to an expression interpreter, one or more of the following should be performed:

References