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CVE-2018-6790

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6790 is a vulnerability in KDE Plasma Workspace before version 5.12.0, specifically within the notifications engine. It allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses by embedding a URL, such as in an IMG element's src attribute, within a notification. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack that can be executed remotely without user interaction, leading to a low impact on confidentiality. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kdelibs-6:4.14.8-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kde-settings-0:19-23.9.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kde-workspace-0:4.11.19-13.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kmag-0:4.10.5-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: virtuoso-opensource-1:6.1.6-7.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6790Low

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

Feb 8, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2141
cgit.kde.org / plasma-workspace.git/commit
Vendor Advisory
cgit.kde.org / plasma-workspace.git/commit
Vendor Advisory
phabricator.kde.org / D10188
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
kde.org / announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php
Vendor Advisory