GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7q: io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager (CVE-2025-4641)

BoniGarcia WebDriverManager Affected By Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVSS 9.3 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0056 · 46th percentile

Critical, because:

CVSS score 9.3: 9.0 or more.

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 14 May 2025, 21:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager	Maven	>=1.0.0, <6.1.0	6.1.0

Identifiers

GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7q · CVE-2025-4641

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-611

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

WebDriverManager (io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager, Maven) versions from 1.0.0 before 6.1.0 are affected by an XML External Entity (XXE) reference weakness in its XML parsing. The source gives few details on how the flaw is reached or what an attacker gains. Upgrade to version 6.1.0 or later; no workaround is listed.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
9.3	Critical	4.0	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	CNA (GovTech CSG)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0056, the 46th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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