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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2025-21621 EUVD-2025-199607GHSA-w66h-j855-qr72

GeoServer Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WMS GetFeatureInfo HTML format

Published Nov 25, 2025 · Updated Nov 26, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Prior to version 2.25.0, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WMS GetFeatureInfo HTML output format that enables a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a victim's browser through specially crafted SLD_BODY parameters. This issue has been patched in version 2.25.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
geoserver geoserver < 2.25.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.geoserver:gs-wms < 2.25.0 2.25.0 GHSA-w66h-j855-qr72
Maven org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app < 2.25.0 2.25.0 GHSA-w66h-j855-qr72

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