Vulnerability · Published Dec 16, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-35230Welcome and About GeoServer pages communicate version and revision information

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in geoserver from geoserver. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. In affected versions the welcome and about page includes version and revision information about the software in use (including library and components used). This information is sensitive from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified. This issue has been patched in version 2.26.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app	2.25.1	GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6
Maven	org.geoserver.web:gs-web-core	2.25.1	GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
geoserver	geoserver	>= 2.0.0, < 2.26.0

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/74fdab745a5deff20ac99abca24d8695fe1a52f8 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/8cd1590a604a10875de67b04995f1952f631f920 x_refsource_MISC