Nexus Repository 3 – Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)_CVE-2025-13488

5.1 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Description

Due to a regression introduced in version 3.83.0, a security header is no longer applied to certain user-uploaded content served from repositories. This may allow an authenticated attacker with repository upload privileges to exploit a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability with user context.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-13488

Source Sonatype

Published Dec 4, 2025 at 18:16

Modified Dec 4, 2025 at 20:00

Affected Product

Vendor Sonatype

Product Nexus Repository

Version 3.83.0

Affected Versions Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.83.0

CWE Classification

CWE-79

References

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