Directory traversal vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus OSS... · CVE-2014-9389 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus OSS...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus OSS and Pro before 2.11.1-01 allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Jan 5, 2015

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022

Last updated Apr 12, 2025

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.