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CVE-2013-2120

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2120 describes a vulnerability in the KDE Paste Applet (kdeplasma-addons before 4.10.5) where the %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp fails to generate strong passwords. This flaw allows attackers to bypass authentication through brute-force attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (High), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:paste_applet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kdeplasma-addons

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2120Low

kdeplasma-addons: Weak passwords generated by PasteMacroExpander

May 28, 2013

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
projects.kde.org / projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory