Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in bonigarcia webdrivermanager WebDriverManager on Windows, MacOS, Linux (XML parsing components modules) allows Data Serialization External Entities Blowup. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/main/java/io/github/bonigarcia/wdm/WebDriverManager.java.

This issue affects webdrivermanager: from 1.0.0 before 6.0.2.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00049.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-14900 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in bonigarcia webdrivermanager WebDriverManager on Windows, MacOS, Linux (XML parsing components modules) allows Data Serialization External Entities Blowup. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/main/java/io/github/bonigarcia/wdm/WebDriverManager.java. This issue affects webdrivermanager: from 1.0.0 before 6.0.2.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7q BoniGarcia WebDriverManager Affected By Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/pull/1458 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 14 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 14 May 2025 18:30:00 +0000

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Description Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in bonigarcia webdrivermanager WebDriverManager on Windows, MacOS, Linux (XML parsing components modules) allows Data Serialization External Entities Blowup. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/main/java/io/github/bonigarcia/wdm/WebDriverManager.java. This issue affects webdrivermanager: from 1.0.0 before 6.0.2.
Title XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in WebDriverManager
Weaknesses CWE-611
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GovTech CSG

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-14T20:49:57.890Z

Reserved: 2025-05-13T02:36:29.519Z

Link: CVE-2025-4641

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-14T20:49:55.420Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-14T19:15:53.683

Modified: 2025-05-16T14:43:26.160

Link: CVE-2025-4641

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