CVE-2024-23821 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-23821: GeoServer's GWC Demos Page vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Geoserver
Product geoserver
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published March 20, 2024
Last update April 10, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in versions prior to 2.23.4 and 2.24.1 that enables an authenticated administrator with workspace-level privileges to store a JavaScript payload in the GeoServer catalog that will execute in the context of another user's browser when viewed in the GWC Demos Page. Access to the GWC Demos Page is available to all users although data security may limit users' ability to trigger the XSS. Versions 2.23.4 and 2.24.1 contain a patch for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2024 CVE published
April 10, 2025 Record updated