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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11753

An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager in versions 3.21.1 and 3.22.0. It is possible for a user with appropriate privileges to create, modify, and execute scripting tasks without use of the UI or API. NOTE: in 3.22.0, scripting is disabled by default (making this not exploitable).

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CVE-2020-11753
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1 Nov 2026, 05:28 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-11753

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Apr 2020, 19:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager in versions 3.21.1 and 3.22.0. It is possible for a user with appropriate privileges to create, modify, and execute scripting tasks without use of the UI or API. NOTE: in 3.22.0, scripting is disabled by default (making this not exploitable).

osv:CVE-2020-11753
Complete source record
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  "id": "3d70f960bce58ec26c56c600642bfa5a64c6dac6839419e63e50f1583a2e412d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11753",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-11753",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager in versions 3.21.1 and 3.22.0. It is possible for a user with appropriate privileges to create, modify, and execute scripting tasks without use of the UI or API. NOTE: in 3.22.0, scripting is disabled by default (making this not exploitable).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11753",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-11753",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-11753"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "773b06f69f2c70fc310355a3c5cc4b55856b3b2c"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "773b06f69f2c70fc310355a3c5cc4b55856b3b2c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:3.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.22.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.22.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.22.0",
            "release-3.22.0-02"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-11753.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:29.206645871Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html",
        "https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046233714"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:3.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "sonatype:nexus_repository_manager",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.21.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "3.21.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-11753",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432261,
  "published_at": "2020-04-20T19:15:11.557+00:00"
}