CVE-2023-25158 (GCVE-0-2023-25158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-21 20:57 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:07
VLAI Previdian
Title
Unfiltered SQL Injection in Geotools
Summary
GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. GeoTools includes support for OGC Filter expression language parsing, encoding and execution against a range of datastore. SQL Injection Vulnerabilities have been found when executing OGC Filters with JDBCDataStore implementations. Users are advised to upgrade to either version 27.4 or to 28.2 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable `encode functions` for PostGIS DataStores or enable `prepared statements` for JDBCDataStores as a partial mitigation.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-10 20:59 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
geotools geotools Affected: >= 28.0, < 28.2
Affected: < 27.4
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Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 14841dc4-6415-4bb5-8d14-332c8bb947ca

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2023-25158

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2026-08-19 02:00 CEST

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2026-08-19
Asserted: 2026-08-19
Scope
Notes: Unfiltered SQL Injection in Geotools | Affected: Geotools / geotools | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.01095 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title Unfiltered SQL Injection in Geotools
Cve Id CVE-2023-25158
Vendor Geotools
Ghsa Id None
Product geotools
Added Date 2026-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score 0.01095
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.64302
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2023-25158
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST
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