CVE-2025-5138: Bitwarden PDF File cross site scripting
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 vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. In Bitwarden bis 2.25.1 wurde eine problematische Schwachstelle ausgemacht. Hierbei betrifft es unbekannten Programmcode der Komponente PDF File Handler. Durch Manipulieren mit unbekannten Daten kann eine cross site scripting-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden kann der Angriff über das Netzwerk. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-5138
CVSS Base Severity: LOW
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: Bitwarden
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 6.57% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5138https://vuldb.com/?id.310219
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310219
https://vuldb.com/?submit.572263
https://github.com/YZS17/CVE/blob/main/PDF%20XSS%20vulnerability%20in%20file%20upload%20function%20of%20%20Bitwarden.md