CVE-2024-36404
CRITICAL NUCLEIGeoTools < 29.6, 30.0-30.4, 31.0-31.2 - Remote Code Execution via XPath Expression Evaluation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-36404. PoCs published by whitebear-ch. A Nuclei detection template is also available.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository lacks actual exploit code and only contains a README with vague descriptions and external links. It appears to be a social engineering lure rather than a legitimate PoC.
Description
GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Prior to versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6, Remote Code Execution (RCE) is possible if an application uses certain GeoTools functionality to evaluate XPath expressions supplied by user input. Versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, GeoTools can operate with reduced functionality by removing the `gt-complex` jar from one's application. As an example of the impact, application schema `datastore` would not function without the ability to use XPath expressions to query complex content. Alternatively, one may utilize a drop-in replacement GeoTools jar from SourceForge for versions 31.1, 30.3, 30.2, 29.2, 28.2, 27.5, 27.4, 26.7, 26.4, 25.2, and 24.0. These jars are for download only and are not available from maven central, intended to quickly provide a fix to affected applications.
Exploits (1)
The repository lacks actual exploit code and only contains a README with vague descriptions and external links. It appears to be a social engineering lure rather than a legitimate PoC.
Nuclei Templates (1)
title:"geoserver" || http.html_hash:1093634893 "Content-Disposition: inline" || http.favicon.hash:97540678 || html:"/geoserver/"
title="geoserver" || app="geoserver" || icon_hash="97540678" || body="/geoserver/"
References (16)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H