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`chainId` may be outdated if user changes chains as part of connection

Moderate
AndrewMohawk published GHSA-8pf3-6fgr-3g3g Apr 17, 2023

Package

npm @web3-react/coinbase-wallet (npm)

Affected versions

>6, <8.0.35-beta.0

Patched versions

8.0.35-beta.0
npm @web3-react/eip1193 (npm)
>6, <8.0.27-beta.0
8.0.27-beta
npm @web3-react/metamask (npm)
>6, <8.0.30-beta.0
8.0.30-beta.0
npm @web3-react/walletconnect (npm)
>6, <8.0.37-beta.0
8.0.37-beta.0

Description

Impact

chainId may be outdated if the user changes chains as part of the connection flow. This means that the value of chainId returned by useWeb3React() may be incorrect. In an application, this means that any data derived from chainId could be incorrect.

For example, if a swapping application derives a wrapped token contract address from the chainId and a user has changed chains as part of their connection flow the application could cause the user to send funds to the incorrect address when wrapping. This is a common approach when using other foundational libraries like ethers, and most users of v8 will want to upgrade past the affected versions.

Patches

Patched in #749.
Users of web3-react@8.0.x-beta.0 should upgrade to at least:

  • @web3-react/coinbase-wallet@^8.0.35-beta.0
  • @web3-react/eip1193@^8.0.27-beta.0
  • @web3-react/metamask@^8.0.30-beta.0
  • @web3-react/walletconnect@^8.0.37-beta.0

Workarounds

N/A

References

N/A

Severity

Moderate
5.2
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2023-30543

Weaknesses

No CWEs