CVE-2024-1433CWE-22

KDE Plasma Workspace Theme File eventpluginsmanager.cpp enabledPlugins path traversal

Low · published February 11, 2024

CVSS v3.1
3.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in KDE Plasma Workspace up to 5.93.0. This affects the function EventPluginsManager::enabledPlugins of the file components/calendar/eventpluginsmanager.cpp of the component Theme File Handler. The manipulation of the argument pluginId leads to path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The patch is named 6cdf42916369ebf4ad5bd876c4dfa0170d7b2f01. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-253407. NOTE: This requires write access to user's home or the installation of third party global themes.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.1 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00788 · 55.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2024-02-11T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 FEB 23:00Z
    KDE Plasma Workspace Theme File eventpluginsmanager.cpp enabledPlugins path traversal
    cvelistv5