Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-5138Bitwarden PDF File cross site scripting

Low 3.5

In plain English

A low-severity cross-site scripting in Bitwarden. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Bitwarden up to 2.25.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PDF File Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Bitwarden	2.25.02.25.1

Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-310219 | Bitwarden PDF File cross site scripting vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-310219 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP) signature, permissions-required
Submit #572263 | Bitwarden ≤ 2.25.1 XSS third-party-advisory
https://github.com/YZS17/CVE/blob/main/PDF%20XSS%20vulnerability%20in%20file%20upload%20function%20of%20%20Bitwarden.md exploit