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Welcome and About GeoServer pages communicate version and revision information

Moderate
jodygarnett published GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6 Dec 16, 2024

Package

maven org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app:war (Maven)

Affected versions

>2.0.0

Patched versions

2.25.1
maven org.geoserver.web:gs-web-core (Maven)
>2.0.0
2.25.1

Description

Impact

The welcome and about page includes version and revision information about the software in use (including library and components used).

This information is sensitive from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified.

Proof of Concept

  1. Welcome page footer:

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  2. About page build information.

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Patches

No patch presently available.

Workarounds

No workaround available, although the ADMIN_CONSOLE can be disabled completely.

References

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2024-35230

Weaknesses

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