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CVE-2025-4641

Severity9.3 Critical CVSS 4.0
Fixed in6.1.0
WeaknessXML external entity (XXE) (CWE-611)
Published14 May 2025
Updated17 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published a year ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.56% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full XXE
  • Action available security rule
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR xxe security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference.
Candidate fix https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/pull/1458 : a pull request: the change under review

How to mitigate CVE-2025-4641

Upgrade the affected software to 6.1.0 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its XXE rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager 1.0.0 6.1.0 unbounded

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv io.github.bonigarcia webdrivermanager generic ≥ 1.0.0 and < 6.1.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/pull/1458 pr
https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager PACKAGE

Timeline

Published2025-05-14By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.