7.5

CVE-2024-38524: geoserver

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
Published 10-06-2025Last modified 10-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38524 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in geoserver. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 10-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Geoserver

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Geoserver1 product
Org.geoserver1 product
  • gs-gwc≥ 2.26.0, < 2.26.2 | < 2.25.6
Org.geoserver.web1 product
  • gs-web-app≥ 2.26.0, < 2.26.2 | < 2.25.6
Osgeo1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links