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Critical severity · published Jun 10, 2025
CVE-2025-30220
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data
9.1
CVSS
42.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. GeoTools Schema class use of Eclipse XSD library to represent schema data structure is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) exploit. This impacts whoever exposes XML processing with gt-xsd-core involved in parsing, when the documents carry a reference to an external XML schema. The gt-xsd-core Schemas class is not using the EntityResolver provided by the ParserHandler (if any was configured). This also impacts users of gt-wfs-ng DataStore where the ENTITY_RESOLVER connection parameter was not being used as intended. This vulnerability is fixed in GeoTools 33.1, 32.3, 31.7, and 28.6.1, GeoServer 2.27.1, 2.26.3, and 2.25.7, and GeoNetwork 4.4.8 and 4.2.13.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)42.3% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GE
Geonetwork · Osgeo
4.2.0 before 4.2.13; 4.4.0 before 4.4.8 · source: NVD
GE
Geoserver · Osgeo
before 2.25.7; 2.26.0 before 2.26.3; 2.27.0 · source: NVD
GE
Geotools · Geotools
before 28.6.1; 29.0 before 31.7; 32.0 before 32.3; 33.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
GE
Geotools
Geotools
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30220
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30220
Product
https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/production/config.html#production-config-external-entities
Patch
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8757
Patch
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8803
Patch
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8812
Patch
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc
Exploit
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc
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