CVE-2024-38524

low-risk
Published 2025-06-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.66% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Osgeo

References (5)

Issue Tracking https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344
Patch https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345
Patch https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189
Exploit https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
Issue Tracking https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677
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low-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal