What is CVE-2021-28117?

CVE-2021-28117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kde Discover. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-28117?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kde Discover

CVE-2021-28117

libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Kde Discover
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28117?: CVE-2021-28117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kde Discover. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-28117?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.