Path traversal

2024-02-1123:15:00

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vulnerability

kde plasma workspace

path traversal

eventpluginsmanager

theme file handler

manipulation

argument pluginid

remote attack

exploitability

patch

vdb-253407

write access

global themes

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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.