# CVE-2018-1000022: Electrum Technologies GmbH Electrum Bitcoin Wallet version prior to version 3.0.5 contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability in JSONRPC

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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