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CVE-2013-2120

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

• KDE Paste Applet: before 4.10.5 — fixed in 4.10.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KDE Paste Applet 4.10.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421
• https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421
• https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce

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