CVE-2024-38524
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. org.geowebcache.GeoWebCacheDispatcher.handleFrontPage(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) has no check to hide potentially sensitive information from users…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. org.geowebcache.GeoWebCacheDispatcher.handleFrontPage(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) has no check to hide potentially sensitive information from users except for a hidden system property to hide the storage locations that defaults to showing the locations. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.2 and 2.25.6.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- osgeo/geoserver
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345Patch
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189Patch
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6fExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.