Path Traversal in Kde Plasma Workspace
CVE-2024-1433
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.008 (52.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Kde Plasma Workspace — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
- Kde Plasma-workspace
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- cna@vuldb.com (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required)
- cna@vuldb.com (Patch, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-1433?
- CVE-2024-1433 is a low-severity vulnerability in Kde Plasma Workspace, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2024-02-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-1433?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-1433 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.