CVE-2024-40625
mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. The Coverage rest api /workspaces/{workspaceName}/coveragestores/{storeName}/{method}.{format} allows attackers to upload files with a specified url (with {method} equals 'url') with no restrict. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.0.
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1267GeoServer: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-06-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GeoServer ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2Coverage REST API Server Side Request Forgery2025-06-10ghsa · osvUS
### Summary The Coverage rest api `/workspaces/{workspaceName}/coveragestores/{storeName}/{method}.{format}` allow to upload file with a specified url (with {method} equals 'url') with no restrict. ### Details The Coverage rest api `/workspaces/{workspaceName}/coveragestores/{storeName}/{method}.{format}` allow to upload file with a specified url (with {method} equals 'url'). But this url has not been check with [URL Checks feature](https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/security/urlchecks.html#url-checks). For example, should add the code below to check fileURL: ```java URLCheckers.confirm(fileURL) ``` The vulnerable code was [RESTUtils.java](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/blob/main/src/rest/src/main/java/org/geoserver/rest/util/RESTUtils.java#L176) ### Impact This vulnerability presents the opportunity for Server Side Request Forgery. ### References - https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11468 - https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11717
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references (12)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-40625cnnvd
- https://geoserver.org/download/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40625cnnvd
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11468cnnvd
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11717cnnvd
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2enisa_euvd
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11468enisa_euvd
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