# CVE-2025-30220: [XBOW-025-068] XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in GeoServer WFS Service

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-30220-xbow-025-068-xml-external-entity-xxe-processing-vulnerability-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-06-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-30220 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-06-10

[XBOW-025-068] XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in GeoServer WFS Service

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-30220 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-30220 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-30220?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 June 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.geoserver:gs-wfs (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.27.0,fixed=2.27.1; org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.27.0,fixed=2.27.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-30220?** Yes. org.geoserver:gs-wfs (Maven): upgrade to 2.27.1 or later; org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): upgrade to 2.27.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-30220?** Check whether you run org.geoserver:gs-wfs (Maven) or org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (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-wfs (Maven): upgrade to 2.27.1 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.geoserver:gs-wfs to 2.27.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): upgrade to 2.27.1 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app to 2.27.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.geoserver:gs-wfs (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.27.0,fixed=2.27.1
- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.27.0,fixed=2.27.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-30220
- GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc

## Related threats

- [GeoServer Server-Side Template Injection in FreeMarker templates](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-45747-geoserver-server-side-template-injection-in-freemarker-templates)
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- [GeoServer arbitrary file write in Master Password Dump page](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-52465-geoserver-arbitrary-file-write-in-master-password-dump-page)
- [GeoServer has a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its WMS GetFeatureInfo HTML format](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-21621-geoserver-has-a-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability)
- [GeoServer is vulnerable to Unauthenticated XML External Entities (XXE) attack via WMS GetMap feature](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-58360-osgeo-geoserver-xxe-in-wms-getmap-operation)