Log in Start free

Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2024 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2024-1433KDE Plasma Workspace Theme File eventpluginsmanager.cpp enabledPlugins path traversal

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity path traversal in Plasma Workspace from KDE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSplasma-workspaceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1433
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSplasma-workspaceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1433
Ubuntu:25.10plasma-workspaceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1433
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSplasma-workspaceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1433
Ubuntu:26.10plasma-workspaceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1433

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
KDE Plasma Workspace 5.05.15.25.35.45.55.65.7

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References