GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. Prior to 5.0.3, document abstract metadata is stored without sanitization, allowing a low-privileged remote user to persist arbitrary HTML and JavaScript that executes in another user's browser when the document page is visited. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.3.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r4hm-p9f9-fj9v GeoNode has Stored XSS in Documents metadata abstract field
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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Geonode
Geonode geonode
Vendors & Products Geonode
Geonode geonode

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. Prior to 5.0.3, document abstract metadata is stored without sanitization, allowing a low-privileged remote user to persist arbitrary HTML and JavaScript that executes in another user's browser when the document page is visited. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.3.
Title GeoNode has Stored XSS in Documents metadata abstract field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T19:49:12.682Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:52:12.058Z

Link: CVE-2026-55649

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-06T20:17:23.087

Modified: 2026-11-06T21:40:43.450

Link: CVE-2026-55649

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-06T21:45:10Z

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