CVSS 3.1
4.4 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NCVE-2020-5223
Medium (4.4) in privatebin privatebin. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- privatebin:privatebin
References
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/8d0ac336d23cd8c98e71d5f21cdadcae9c8a26e6
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/issues/554
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738
- https://privatebin.info/news/v1.3.2-v1.2.2-release.html
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/8d0ac336d23cd8c98e71d5f21cdadcae9c8a26e6