CVE-2023-26043 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-26043

XML External Entity (XXE) injection in GeoServer style upload functionality

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. GeoNode is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the style upload functionality of GeoServer leading to Arbitrary File Read. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.3.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

GeoNode

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Affected Software

geonode

Vulnerable Versions:

< 4.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: February 27th, 2023

Last Modified: March 10th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1005 Data from Local System

T1040 Network Sniffing

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service