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CVE-2024-38524
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Medium5.3EPSS 0.46%
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- Updated
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- GitHub_M
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.geoserver.web:gs-web-appGHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.geoserver:gs-gwcGHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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