Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2025· Updated Jun 10, 2025
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CVE-2024-38524
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.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appMaven | >= 2.26.0, < 2.26.2 | 2.26.2 |
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appMaven | < 2.25.6 | 2.25.6 |
org.geoserver:gs-gwcMaven | >= 2.26.0, < 2.26.2 | 2.26.2 |
org.geoserver:gs-gwcMaven | < 2.25.6 | 2.25.6 |
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6fghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38524ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6fghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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