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CVE-2020-10199

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10199 describes a critical Java Expression Language (EL) Injection vulnerability affecting Sonatype Nexus Repository versions prior to 3.21.2. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS score of 8.8. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.21.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Nexus Repository Manager Java EL Injection RCE · Mar 31, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-10199 · Jul 7, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-49385 · Jan 6, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9906 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-extdirectFixed in: 3.21.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-g2f6-v5qh-h2mqhigh

Nexus Repository Manager 3 - Remote Code Execution

Apr 14, 2020

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/157261/Nexus-Repository-Manager-3.21.1-01-Remote-Code-Execution.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/160835/Sonatype-Nexus-3.21.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cwe.mitre.org / data/definitions/917.html
Third Party Advisory
support.sonatype.com / hc/en-us/articles/360044882533
PatchVendor Advisory