Cryptocurrency theft via browser wallet API interception
Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Sep 15, 2025
Embedded malicious code in color-name 2.0.1 allows attackers to redirect cryptocurrency transactions in browser applications. The injected payload checks window.ethereum for wallet accounts, hooks browser and wallet APIs, and substitutes attacker-controlled payment destinations. Only browser bundles that incorporated 2.0.1 are exposed; local, server, and command-line uses do not execute the payload.
Summary
What happened
Embedded malicious code in color-name 2.0.1 allows attackers to redirect cryptocurrency transactions in browser applications. The injected payload checks window.ethereum for wallet accounts, hooks browser and wallet APIs, and substitutes attacker-controlled payment destinations. Only browser bundles that incorporated 2.0.1 are exposed; local, server, and command-line uses do not execute the payload.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-59145
- Published
- Sep 15, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 15, 2025
- Vendor
- color.js
- Product
- color-name
- Classifications
- CWE-506, T1195.002, T1565.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2025Exploitation reportedMalicious color-name release detected in npm
- Sep 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion== 2.0.1
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Injected color-name 2.0.1 browser payloadweaponized · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- Malicious color-name release detected in npmreported exploitation
Technologies
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