CVE-2025-21621

medium

Description

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Prior to version 2.25.0, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WMS GetFeatureInfo HTML output format that enables a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a victim's browser through specially crafted SLD_BODY parameters. This issue has been patched in version 2.25.0.

References

https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11297

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-w66h-j855-qr72

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/7406

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/dc9ff1c726dd73c884437a123b4ad72b19383c7d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-11-25

Updated: 2025-11-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium