Vulnerability in WebKitGTK (CVE-2025-13947)
Summary
Vulnerability in WebKitGTK (CVE-2025-13947). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. This vulnerability allows remote, user-assisted information disclosure that can reveal any file the user is permitted to read via abusing the file drag-and-drop mechanism where WebKitGTK does not verify that drag operations originate from outside the browser.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-13947 has been found in WebKitGTK.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "WebKitGTK CVE-2025-13947" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-13947 (WebKitGTK) — CWE-346 / CVSS v3 7.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-346) exists in WebKitGTK.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of WebKitGTK.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.4/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'WebKitGTK' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'WebKitGTK' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
WebKitGTKを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13947 webkit2gtk Fixed in: 2.50.3-1~deb11u1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-13947 qtwebkit-source
References
- advisory access.redhat.com
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- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- report bugzilla.redhat.com
- web bugs.webkit.org
- web access.redhat.com