ghsa-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-06-10 14:14
Modified
2025-06-10 15:35
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
GWC Home Page communicate version and revision information
Details

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

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        "name": "org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app"
      },
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-38524"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-10T14:14:08Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-10T15:15:22Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "### Summary\nThe 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.\n\n### Details\norg.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.\n\n### PoC\nJust open http://localhost:8080/geoserver/gwc/\n\n### Impact\nIn addition to exposing the version and revision information, the home page will expose the config file and storage locations which may expose the system\u0027s 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.\n\n### References\nhttps://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677\nhttps://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189\nhttps://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344\nhttps://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345",
  "id": "GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f",
  "modified": "2025-06-10T15:35:27Z",
  "published": "2025-06-10T14:14:08Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "GWC Home Page communicate version and revision information"
}


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