CVE-2021-28117

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Published Mar 20, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

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.)

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:discover:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.563% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356
https://github.com/KDE/discover/releases
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txt
https://userbase.kde.org/Discover

History

Oct 15, 2024 6:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Kde Discover

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 15, 2024, 6:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 20, 2021, 12:00 AM
Updated: Oct 15, 2024, 6:08 PM
Reserved: Mar 9, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 9:33 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 9:33 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 20, 2021, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:45 AM

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