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CVE-2024-38524

GWC Home Page communicate version and revision information

Published: Jun 10, 2025Updated: Aug 26, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 71.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

geoservergeoserver
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
GeoServerOpen Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
On-prem
OSS Libraries / generic-library
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appMavenOSS Libraries
org.geoserver:gs-gwcMavenOSS Libraries
geoserverosgeo
Mixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
geoserveross-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka geoserver, geowebcache
open source geospatial foundation (osgeo)oss-projectOSS Librariesaka osgeo
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
osgeooss-projectOSS Librariesaka gdal, geoserver, mapserver

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
github.com
https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344
github.com
https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Jun 10, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 26, 2025

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