CVE-2025-58360GeoServer is vulnerable to an Unauthenticated XML External Entities (XXE) attack via WMS GetMap feature
- 8.2HighCVSS base score
- 61.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 11 Dec 2025
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. From version 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2 and before 2.25.6, an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability was identified. The application accepts XML input through a specific endpoint /geoserver/wms operation GetMap. However, this input is not sufficiently sanitized or restricted, allowing an attacker to define external entities within the XML request. This issue has been patched in GeoServer 2.25.6, GeoServer 2.26.3, and GeoServer 2.27.0.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as OSGeo GeoServer Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Vulnerability.
- Added
- 11 Dec 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 1 Jan 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 11 Dec 2025.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- GeoServer WMS GetMap XXE Arbitrary File Read (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/gather/geoserver_wms_getmap_xxe_file_readRank normaldisclosed 25 Nov 2025
Nuclei templates1 template
- GeoServer - XML External Entity Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-58360.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.2% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.geoserver.web:gs-web-appGHSA-fjf5-xgmq-5525 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.geoserver:gs-wmsGHSA-fjf5-xgmq-5525 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-fjf5-xgmq-5525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11682 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-58360 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-199606 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-fjf5-xgmq-5525 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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