CVE-2023-26043 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. GeoNode is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the style upload functionality of GeoServer leading to Arbitrary File Read. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.3.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00224.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Geosolutionsgroup	Geonode

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:geosolutionsgroup:geonode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0081	GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. GeoNode is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the style upload functionality of GeoServer leading to Arbitrary File Read. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.3.
Github GHSA	GHSA-mcmc-c59m-pqq8	GeoServer style upload functionality vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/2fdfe919f299b21f1609bf898f9dcfde58770ac0
https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advisories/GHSA-mcmc-c59m-pqq8

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-02-27T20:37:28.684Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T18:53:48.331Z

Reserved: 2023-02-17T22:44:03.149Z

Link: CVE-2023-26043

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:39:06.288Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T21:15:12.103

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:50:38.857

Link: CVE-2023-26043

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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