CVE-2026-54355MapServer: Reflected XSS in OpenLayers HTML Output via `HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST`

Description

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.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/security/advisories/GHSA-xqj6-vjqr-33vv
• https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7517
• https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7518
• https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commit/edc1033c7963fcffd160d85cf430f49aaf4a1374
• https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commit/ff17ef190caaeaa9002ac3d1c7969ec5315c345e
• https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases/tag/rel-8-6-4
• https://mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-8-6.html#changelog-8-6