Critical severityGHSA Advisory· Published May 14, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-4641

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanagerMaven	>= 1.0.0, < 6.1.0	6.1.0

Affected products

Bonigarcia/WebdrivermanagerGHSA
Range: >= 1.0.0, < 6.1.0
ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/io.github.bonigarcia/webdrivermanager
Range: >= 1.0.0, < 6.1.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7qghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4641ghsaADVISORY
github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/pull/1458nvdWEB

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