VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-6790

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.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.09%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 2.09% probability · 81th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected: kde/plasma-workspace
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107cVendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.phpVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107cVendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.phpVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.