CVE-2018-6790
kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Se ha descubierto un problema en KDE Plasma Workspace en versiones anteriores a la 5.12.0 en el que dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp permite que los atacantes remotos descubran las direcciones IP de los clientes mediante una URL en una notificación, tal y como queda demostrado con el atributo src de un elemento IMG.
The K Desktop Environment is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. The kdelibs packages include core libraries for the K Desktop Environment. The kde-workspace packages consist of components providing the KDE graphical desktop environment. A sanitization issue was addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-02-06 CVE Reserved
- 2018-02-07 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Kde Search vendor "Kde" | Plasma-workspace Search vendor "Kde" for product "Plasma-workspace" | < 5.12.0 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Plasma-workspace" and version " < 5.12.0" | - |
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