stellar — Vulnerabilities & Security Advisories 9

Stellar is a blockchain-based decentralized protocol facilitating cross-border payments and asset tokenization. Historically, it has been susceptible to remote code execution, cross-site scripting, and privilege escalation vulnerabilities, often stemming from improper input validation and access control flaws. The protocol has faced notable security incidents, including a 2013 exploit that resulted in 2.25 million XLM theft, and a 2018 vulnerability allowing unauthorized token minting. Despite these issues, Stellar maintains a transparent vulnerability disclosure process and has implemented several security enhancements to address past weaknesses.