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GHSA-7g5f-wrx8-5ccf

GitHub Security Advisory

GeoServer OGC Filter SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

GeoServer includes support for the OGC Filter expression language and the OGC Common Query Language (CQL) as part of the Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Map Service (WMS) protocols. CQL is also supported through the Web Coverage Service (WCS) protocol for ImageMosaic coverages.

SQL Injection Vulnerabilities have been found with:

* ``PropertyIsLike`` filter, when used with a String field and any database DataStore, or with a PostGIS DataStore with encode functions enabled
* ``strEndsWith`` function, when used with a PostGIS DataStore with encode functions enabled
* ``strStartsWith`` function, when used with a PostGIS DataStore with encode functions enabled
* ``FeatureId`` filter, when used with any database table having a String primary key column and when prepared statements are disabled
* ``jsonArrayContains`` function, when used with a String or JSON field and with a PostGIS or Oracle DataStore (GeoServer 2.22.0+ only)
* ``DWithin`` filter, when used with an Oracle DataStore

### Patches

* GeoSever 2.21.4
* GeoServer 2.22.2
* GeoServer 2.20.7
* GeoServer 2.19.7
* GeoServer 2.18.7

### Workarounds

1. Disabling the PostGIS Datastore *encode functions* setting to mitigate ``strEndsWith``, ``strStartsWith`` vulnerabilities (Like filters have no mitigation, if there is a string field in the feature type published).
2. Enabling the PostGIS DataStore *preparedStatements* setting to mitigate the ``FeatureId`` vulnerability.

### References

* [OGC Filter SQL Injection Vulnerabilities](https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-99c3-qc2q-p94m) (GeoTools)
* [OGC Filter Injection Vulnerability Statement](https://geoserver.org/vulnerability/2023/02/20/ogc-filter-injection.html) (GeoServer Blog)

Affected Packages

Maven org.geoserver.community:gs-jdbcconfig
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.21.4)
Maven org.geoserver.community:gs-jdbcconfig
Affected versions: 2.22.0 (fixed in 2.22.2)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-7g5f-wrx8-5ccf
Published
February 22, 2023 7:15 PM
Last Modified
February 22, 2023 7:15 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.geoserver.community:gs-jdbcconfig
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 27, 2025 6:35 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.