CVE-2013-2120

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2120

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4:5.3.2-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4:5.3.2-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`4:5.3.2-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`4:5.3.2-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4:5.3.2-2`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2120

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.