# CVE-2024-23640: GeoServer's Style Publisher vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-23640-geoserver-s-style-publisher-vulnerable-to-stored-cross-site  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-03-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-23640 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-03-20

GeoServer's Style Publisher vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Technologies: [org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-geoserver-gs-main). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-23640 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-23640 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-23640?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 20 March 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.23.3; org.geoserver:gs-ows (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.23.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-23640?** Yes. org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven): upgrade to 2.23.3 or later; org.geoserver:gs-ows (Maven): upgrade to 2.23.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-23640?** Check whether you run org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) or org.geoserver:gs-ows (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven): upgrade to 2.23.3 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.geoserver:gs-main to 2.23.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.geoserver:gs-ows (Maven): upgrade to 2.23.3 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.geoserver:gs-ows to 2.23.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.23.3
- org.geoserver:gs-ows (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.23.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-23640
- GHSA-9rfr-pf2x-g4xf

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- [GeoServer's Server Status shows sensitive environmental variables and Java properties](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-34696-geoserver-s-server-status-shows-sensitive-environmental-variables)
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