CVE-2018-6790

kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 8, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-212 · Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer