CVE-2021-28117
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-20 00:00
Modified
2024-10-15 18:08
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.)
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/KDE/discover/releasesThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://userbase.kde.org/DiscoverProduct, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/KDE/discover/releasesThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://userbase.kde.org/DiscoverProduct, Vendor Advisory
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