CVE-2024-38524

HIGH EPSS 29.1%
Published Jun 10, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jun 10, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
29.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Information Exposure

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
osgeogeoserver* <2.25.6
osgeogeoserver*≥2.26.0  –  <2.26.2

References 5

  • github.com https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344
    Issue Tracking
  • github.com https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • osgeo-org.atlassian.net https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677
    Issue TrackingPatch

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189
    Patch
  • osgeo-org.atlassian.net https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677
    Issue TrackingPatch