GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f GWC Home Page communicate version and revision information
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-38524
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app, org.geoserver:gs-gwc
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
- Reviewed
- 2025-06-10
Affected packages
• Maven org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app: >= 2.26.0, < 2.26.2 → fixed in 2.26.2
• Maven org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app: < 2.25.6 → fixed in 2.25.6
• Maven org.geoserver:gs-gwc: >= 2.26.0, < 2.26.2 → fixed in 2.26.2
• Maven org.geoserver:gs-gwc: < 2.25.6 → fixed in 2.25.6
Description
Summary
The GeoWebCache home page includes version and revision information about the software in use. This information is sensitive from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified.
Details
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.
PoC
Just open http://localhost:8080/geoserver/gwc/
Impact
In addition to exposing the version and revision information, the home page will expose the config file and storage locations which may expose the system's temp directory location and whether or not GeoServer is running in a Windows operating system. The approximate server start time and some basic GWC usage information is also exposed.
References
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189
https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344
https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-38524 GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38524 advisory
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344 web
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345 web
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189 web
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver package
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677 web