What is CVE-2024-40625?

CVE-2024-40625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geoserver, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-40625?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

SSRF in Geoserver

CVE-2024-40625

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. The Coverage rest api /workspaces/{workspaceName}/coveragestores/{storeName}/{method}.{format} allows attackers to upload files with a specified url (with {method} equals 'url') with no restrict. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.0.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2025-06-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Geoserver — versions < 2.26.0
Osgeo Geoserver

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2 (Third Party Advisory)
osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11468 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11717 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40625?: CVE-2024-40625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geoserver, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-40625?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.