CVE-2024-1433 KDE Plasma Workspace Theme File eventpluginsmanager.cpp enabledPlugins path traversal
Attackers with write access or installed themes can exploit path traversal in KDE Plasma to read or modify files via plugin IDs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1433?
CVE-2024-1433 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in KDE Plasma Workspace, published on 11 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1433?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde Plasma-Workspace.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1433?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-1433 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1433 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in KDE Plasma Workspace
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6g65-3cf7-chxv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1433.