Cryptocurrency theft via browser transaction rewriting
Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Sep 16, 2025
Embedded malicious code in Qix- backslash 0.2.1 allows attackers to redirect browser cryptocurrency transactions to their wallets. Injected code hooks browser fetch, XMLHttpRequest, and wallet APIs, replacing transaction destination addresses before signing. Exposure requires version 0.2.1 to be bundled into a browser application and a cryptocurrency transaction; local, server, and command-line use is unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Embedded malicious code in Qix- backslash 0.2.1 allows attackers to redirect browser cryptocurrency transactions to their wallets. Injected code hooks browser fetch, XMLHttpRequest, and wallet APIs, replacing transaction destination addresses before signing. Exposure requires version 0.2.1 to be bundled into a browser application and a cryptocurrency transaction; local, server, and command-line use is unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-59140
- Published
- Sep 15, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Qix-
- Product
- backslash
- Classifications
- CWE-506, T1195.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2025Exploitation reportedQix npm package supply-chain compromise
- Sep 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion== 0.2.1
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Reported exploitation
- Qix npm package supply-chain compromisereported exploitation
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