CVE-2025-4641: BoniGarcia WebDriverManager Affected By Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

May 14, 2025 (updated May 15, 2025)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwm3-776c-8q7q
github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager
github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/pull/1458
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4641

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