Advisory record · GHSA-9rfr-pf2x-g4xf

GeoServer's Style Publisher vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CVSS 4.8 MediumEPSS 0.0043 · 37th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 Mar 2024, 15:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.geoserver:gs-mainMaven<2.23.32.23.3
org.geoserver:gs-owsMaven<2.23.32.23.3
Identifiers
GHSA-9rfr-pf2x-g4xf · CVE-2024-23640
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Published
20 Mar 2024
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

GeoServer (Maven packages org.geoserver:gs-main and org.geoserver:gs-ows) before 2.23.3 has a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its Style Publisher. An authenticated administrator with workspace-level privileges can store a JavaScript payload in uploaded style or legend resources, or in a specially crafted datastore file, which then runs in the browser of another user who views it in the Style Publisher. Upgrade to 2.23.3 or later.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
4.8 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0043, the 37th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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