CVE-2026-54355
MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. From 6.0 until 8.6.4, MapServer's OpenLayers HTML output for SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&FORMAT=application/openlayers reflects an attacker-controlled X-Forwarded-Host value received as HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST through msBuildOnlineResource(), processLine(), and the [mapserv_onlineresource] substitution in src/maputil.c and src/maptemplate.c without escaping it for a single-quoted JavaScript string. When the deployment trusts the forwarded header and does not configure a fixed ows_onlineresource or MS_ONLINERESOURCE value, embedded single quotes can escape the generated URL string. An unauthenticated attacker can craft a URL that executes arbitrary JavaScript in the MapServer site origin when opened by a victim, enabling access to sessions or tokens, same-origin data and requests, and actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.4.
- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N - EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commit/edc1033c7963fcffd160d85cf430f49aaf4a1374
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commit/ff17ef190caaeaa9002ac3d1c7969ec5315c345e
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7517
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7518
- https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases/tag/rel-8-6-4