Incident Overview
Bubbleworld has been exploited for 194.78 ETH. The scammer has taken 250 NFTs and exchanged them on LooksRare.
Exploiter address: https://etherscan.io/address/0x1588afd4…3Ab0c2
Transaction example: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x38162102…361532
Incident Report
Protocol Information
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Bubbleworld, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (June 2022).
- Verify all logic paths related to Other are guarded by proper access controls and input validation
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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