VDB-257497 · CVE-2024-23643 · GCVE-0-2024-23643

GeoServer GWC Seed Form cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.3	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GeoServer. This impacts an unknown function of the component GWC Seed Form. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-23643. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GeoServer (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component GWC Seed Form. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-23643 since 01/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

GeoServer

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.8
CNA Vector (GitHub, Inc.): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

01/19/2024 🔍
03/20/2024 +61 days 🔍
03/20/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/13/2025 +389 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 9d010e09c784690ada8af43f594461a2553a62f0
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-23643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-23643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-257497

Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2024 17:49
Updated: 04/13/2025 20:01
Changes: 03/20/2024 17:49 (49), 05/03/2024 01:09 (3), 05/03/2024 01:17 (13), 12/17/2024 21:19 (17), 04/13/2025 20:01 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103