CVE-2024-1433 LOW

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

Vendor Kde
Product Plasma Workspace
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published February 11, 2024
Last update April 24, 2025
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CVSS base score

3.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 11, 2024 CVE published
April 24, 2025 Record updated