Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2025 · Assigned by GovTech CSG

CVE-2025-4641XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in WebDriverManager

Critical 9.3

In plain English

A critical-severity XML external entity in webdrivermanager from bonigarcia. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.3Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager	6.1.0	GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7q

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
bonigarcia	webdrivermanager	1.0.0 – before 6.0.2

Weakness: CWE-611 · 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

References

https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/pull/1458