CVE-2018-1000022

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

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.

Affected products

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet: before 3.0.5 — fixed in 3.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Electrum Bitcoin Wallet 3.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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