CVE-2025-5138
Bitwarden PDF File cross site scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.1 Medium
- Published
- May 25, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 20, 2025
- Reserved
- May 23, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in Bitwarden up to 2.25.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PDF File Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.1 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 3.5 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 3.5 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 4.0 Medium | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Bitwardenn/a |
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References
- VDB-310219 | Bitwarden PDF File cross site scriptingvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-310219 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #572263 | Bitwarden ≤ 2.25.1 XSSthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/YZS17/CVE/blob/main/PDF%20XSS%20vulnerability%20in%20file%20upload%20function%20of%20%20Bitwarden.mdexploit
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