Information disclosure in Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) - CVE-2023-40347
Published: August 23, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79911
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40347
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not set the appropriate context for credentials lookup, allowing the use of System-scoped credentials otherwise reserved for the global configuration. A remote user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus)
How to mitigate CVE-2023-40347
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.