CVE-2025-27611 (GCVE-0-2025-27611)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-30 19:36 – Updated: 2025-05-01 18:49
VLAI
Title
base-x homograph attack allows Unicode lookalike characters to bypass validation.
Summary
base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression. Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceiving users into sending funds to an unintended address. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.11, 4.0.1, and 5.0.1.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-01 18:49 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1007 - Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to User
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
cryptocoinjs base-x Affected: = 5.0.0
Affected: = 4.0.0
Affected: < 3.0.11
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