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CVE-2013-2120
The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate…
High8.4EPSS 0.56%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Weakness
- Insufficient Random Number Generation
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
KDE Paste Applet
- affected before 4.10.5
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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