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PYSEC-2024-320

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2024-03-27 13:15 - Updated: 2026-07-13 05:48

Details

GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. An issue exists within GEONODE where the current rich text editor is vulnerable to Stored XSS. The applications cookies are set securely, but it is possible to retrieve a victims CSRF token and issue a request to change another user's email address to perform a full account takeover. Due to the script element not impacting the CORS policy, requests will succeed. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.3.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
geonode	pkg:pypi/geonode

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "geonode",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/geonode"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.2.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.3"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.2.1",
        "3.2.2",
        "3.2.3",
        "3.2.3.post1",
        "3.2.4",
        "3.3.0",
        "3.3.1",
        "3.3.1.post1",
        "3.3.2",
        "3.3.2.post1",
        "3.3.2.post2",
        "3.3.3",
        "4.0.0",
        "4.0.0.post1",
        "4.0.0rc0",
        "4.0.0rc1",
        "4.0.1",
        "4.0.2",
        "4.0.3",
        "4.1.0",
        "4.1.1",
        "4.1.2",
        "4.1.3",
        "4.1.3.post1",
        "4.1.4",
        "4.1.5",
        "4.2.0",
        "4.2.1",
        "4.2.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-27091",
    "GHSA-rwcv-whm8-fmxm"
  ],
  "details": "GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. An issue exists within GEONODE where the current rich text editor is vulnerable to Stored XSS. The applications cookies are set securely, but it is possible to retrieve a victims CSRF token and issue a request to change another user\u0027s email address to perform a full account takeover. Due to the script element not impacting the CORS policy, requests will succeed. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.3.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2024-320",
  "modified": "2026-07-13T05:48:52.664657Z",
  "published": "2024-03-27T13:15:47.023Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advisories/GHSA-rwcv-whm8-fmxm"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/e53bdeff331f4b577918927d60477d4b50cca02f"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2024-27091 (GCVE-0-2024-27091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-27 13:01 – Updated: 2024-08-02 00:27

Title

GeoNode stored XSS to full account takeover

Summary

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-05-21 19:16 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/e53bdef…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GeoNode	geonode	Affected: >= 3.2.0, < 4.2.3

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GHSA-RWCV-WHM8-FMXM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-13 16:44 – Updated: 2026-07-13 16:44

Summary

GeoNode: Stored XSS to full account takeover

Details

An issue exists within GEONODE where the current rich text editor is vulnerable to Stored XSS. The applications cookies are set securely, but it is possible to retrieve a victims CSRF token and issue a request to change another user's email address to perform a full account takeover. Due to the script element not impacting the CORS policy, requests will succeed.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "geonode"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.2.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-27091"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-13T16:44:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-27T13:15:47Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue exists within GEONODE where the current rich text editor is vulnerable to Stored XSS. The applications cookies are set securely, but it is possible to retrieve a victims CSRF token and issue a request to change another user\u0027s email address to perform a full account takeover. Due to the script element not impacting the CORS policy, requests will succeed.",
  "id": "GHSA-rwcv-whm8-fmxm",
  "modified": "2026-07-13T16:44:54Z",
  "published": "2026-07-13T16:44:53Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advisories/GHSA-rwcv-whm8-fmxm"
    },
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27091"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/e53bdeff331f4b577918927d60477d4b50cca02f"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode"
    },
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}

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