CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-42030
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-80
Description
MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. From version 6.0 to before version 8.6.2, a reflected XSS vulnerability in MapServer's WMS server allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTML/JavaScript into the browser of any user who opens a crafted WMS URL. The vulnerability is triggered via FORMAT=application/openlayers combined with an unsanitized SRS parameter in WMS 1.3.0 requests. This issue has been patched in version 8.6.2.
Affected configurations
• osgeo mapserver (>= 6.0.0 < 8.6.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page weakness
References
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases/tag/rel-8-6-2 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/security/advisories/GHSA-4g9f-ph64-hg2x Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/security/advisories/GHSA-4g9f-ph64-hg2x Exploit, Vendor Advisory