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CVE-2023-51444

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-51444 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting GeoServer versions prior to 2.23.4 and 2.24.1. An authenticated administrator with specific permissions can exploit this flaw via the REST Coverage Store API to upload arbitrary files to arbitrary locations, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.23.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:2.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-platformFixed in: 2.23.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-restconfigFixed in: 2.23.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-platformFixed in: 2.24.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-restconfigFixed in: 2.24.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-9v5q-2gwq-q9hqhigh

Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in GeoServer's REST Coverage Store API

Mar 20, 2024

References

github.com / geoserver/geoserver/commit/ca683170c669718cb6ad4c79e01b0451065e13b8
Patch
github.com / geoserver/geoserver/commit/fe235b3bb1d7f05751a4a2ef5390c36f5c9e78ae
Patch
github.com / geoserver/geoserver/pull/7222
Issue Tracking
github.com / geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-9v5q-2gwq-q9hq
ExploitVendor Advisory
osgeo-org.atlassian.net / browse/GEOS-11176
Issue Tracking