CVE-2018-1000022

Description

Electrum Technologies GmbH Electrum Bitcoin Wallet version prior to version 3.0.5 contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability in JSONRPC interface that can result in Bitcoin theft, if the user's wallet is not password protected. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must visit a web page with specially crafted javascript. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.0.5.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.35%
Third-Party Advisory bitcointalk.org Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory reddit.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7ooack/critical_electrum_vulnerability/ third party advisory
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/3374 third party advisory
https://electrum.org/#home product
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2702103.0 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000022?
CVE-2018-1000022 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000022?
To fix CVE-2018-1000022, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000022 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-1000022 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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