# CVE-2018-6790: An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.

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## References

- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938
- https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188
- https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141

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