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Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-59431

CVE-2025-59431

MapServer MapServer — MapServer - WFS XML Filter Query SQL injection

EPSS 0.4%public exploitCVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 35.8.358 × 207.2Exploit: SSVC poc+1010.0SSVC exploitation: poc+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Prior to 8.4.1, the XML Filter Query directive PropertyName is vulnerably to Boolean-based SQL injection. It seems like expression checking is bypassed by introducing double quote characters in the PropertyName. Allowing to manipulate backend database queries. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.1.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
MapServer< 8.4.1–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_M (CNA)8.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/MapServer/MapServer/security/advisories/GHSA-256m-rx4h-r55w