Critical

BoniGarcia WebDriverManager Affected By Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in bonigarcia 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 6.1.0.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager >= 1.0.0, < 6.1.0 6.1.0

References

CVSS score -
CVSS 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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager
Disclosed
14.05.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7q - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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