5.3

CVE-2018-6790: kde plasma-workspace

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2019:2141UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6790DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6790
Published 07-02-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-6790 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in kde plasma-workspace. EPSS estimates a 2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0397-1OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0398-1

Timeline

  1. 07-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.09% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat41 products
  • kcm_colors< 0:4.11.19-13.el7
  • kde-settings< 0:19-23.9.el7
  • kde-settings-ksplash< 0:19-23.9.el7
  • kde-settings-minimal< 0:19-23.9.el7
  • kde-settings-plasma< 0:19-23.9.el7
Debian1 product
  • plasma-workspace< 4:5.12.0-2
Kde1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • plasma-workspaceAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 44 products

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