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CVE-2025-30220

66
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-30220 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting GeoServer, GeoTools, and GeoNetwork, specifically within the gt-xsd-core component's handling of XML schema parsing. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality and availability impacts due to improper entity resolution. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, Nuclei templates exist, and despite its high severity, there is currently no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 28.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 29.0, < 31.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 32.0, < 32.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:33.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.9CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2025-30220 · Jun 18, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5373 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appFixed in: 2.27.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-wfsFixed in: 2.27.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appFixed in: 2.26.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-wfsFixed in: 2.26.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appFixed in: 2.25.7
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.geoserver:gs-wfsFixed in: 2.25.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pchigh

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

Jun 10, 2025

References

docs.geoserver.org / latest/en/user/production/config.html
Product
github.com / geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8757
Patch
github.com / geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8803
Patch
github.com / geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8812
Patch
github.com / geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw
Third Party Advisory