Vulnerability in Microsoft Playwright MCP Server (CVE-2025-9611)
Summary
Vulnerability in Microsoft Playwright MCP Server (CVE-2025-9611). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Microsoft Playwright MCP Server versions prior to 0.0.40 fails to validate the Origin header on incoming connections. This allows an attacker to perform a DNS rebinding attack via a victim’s web browser and send unauthorized requests to a locally running MCP server, resulting in unintended invocation of MCP tool endpoints.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-9611 has been found in Microsoft Playwright MCP Server.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Microsoft Playwright MCP Server CVE-2025-9611" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-9611 (Microsoft Playwright MCP Server) — CWE-749
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-749) exists in Microsoft Playwright MCP Server.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Microsoft Playwright MCP Server.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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. Audit SBOM/dependencies 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
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Microsoft Playwright MCP Server を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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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。