CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5223
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
In PrivateBin versions 1.2.0 before 1.2.2, and 1.3.0 before 1.3.2, a persistent XSS attack is possible. Under certain conditions, a user provided attachment file name can inject HTML leading to a persistent Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability has been fixed in PrivateBin v1.3.2 & v1.2.2. Admins are urged to upgrade to these versions to protect the affected users.
Affected configurations
• privatebin privatebin (>= 1.2 < 1.2.2)
• privatebin privatebin (>= 1.3 < 1.3.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/8d0ac336d23cd8c98e71d5f21cdadcae9c8a26e6 Patch
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/issues/554 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://privatebin.info/news/v1.3.2-v1.2.2-release.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/8d0ac336d23cd8c98e71d5f21cdadcae9c8a26e6 Patch
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/issues/554 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://privatebin.info/news/v1.3.2-v1.2.2-release.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory