What is CVE-2024-24749?

CVE-2024-24749 is a high-severity vulnerability in Geoserver, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-24749?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Geoserver

CVE-2024-24749

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Prior to versions 2.23.5 and 2.24.3, if GeoServer is deployed in the Windows operating system using an Apache Tomcat web application server, it is poss…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.002 (44.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Geoserver — versions < 2.23.5, >= 2.24.0, < 2.24.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jhqx-5v5g-mpf3 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1211 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/commit/c7f76bd8a1d67c3b986146e7a5e0b14dd64a8fef (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24749?: CVE-2024-24749 is a high-severity vulnerability in Geoserver, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-24749?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.