CVE-2024-38524

high

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.

References

https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189

https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345

https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-10

Updated: 2025-08-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00031