VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-28117
libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.56%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.56% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- kde/discover
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356Patch
- https://github.com/KDE/discover/releasesThird Party Advisory
- https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://userbase.kde.org/DiscoverProduct, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356Patch
- https://github.com/KDE/discover/releasesThird Party Advisory
- https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://userbase.kde.org/DiscoverProduct, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.