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This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null},{"summary":"The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 1.3.2 for privatebin/privatebin. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.","source_ids":["sr-dd704abeb1b4d95db57820544149aaa7"],"action_type":"vendor_patch","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null},{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-1199ec129735ee111574d49c50975ca7"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. 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This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-dd704abeb1b4d95db57820544149aaa7","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.","title":"GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database via OSV","observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:42:10.670Z"},{"id":"sr-1199ec129735ee111574d49c50975ca7","url":"https://www.first.org/epss/data.html","basis":"official_catalog","notes":"FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.","title":"CVE-2020-5223","publisher":"FIRST EPSS","observed_at":"2026-10-31T22:06:03.704Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-dd704abeb1b4d95db57820544149aaa7"],"technology":"privatebin/privatebin","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"On 24th of December 2019 one of the property based unit tests reported a failure. Upon investigation, @elrido discovered that the failure was due to unescaped HTML, which allowed the user provided attachment file name to inject HTML under certain conditions leading to a persistent Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. After committing an initial fix to the master branch, the issue was reported on 25th of December. Vulnerability write-up done by @rugk and @elrido.  \nThe 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.\n\n## Affected versions\n\nAny PrivateBin version since 1.2.\n\n## Conditions\n\n* ","public_affected_ranges":["ECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 1.2.2"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-dd704abeb1b4d95db57820544149aaa7"],"technology":"privatebin/privatebin","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"On 24th of December 2019 one of the property based unit tests reported a failure. Upon investigation, @elrido discovered that the failure was due to unescaped HTML, which allowed the user provided attachment file name to inject HTML under certain conditions leading to a persistent Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. After committing an initial fix to the master branch, the issue was reported on 25th of December. Vulnerability write-up done by @rugk and @elrido.  \nThe 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.\n\n## Affected versions\n\nAny PrivateBin version since 1.2.\n\n## Conditions\n\n* ","public_affected_ranges":["ECOSYSTEM: introduced 1.3.0; fixed 1.3.2"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-10-31T22:13:48.408Z","source_updated_at":"2026-07-08T06:00:51.872Z","source_disclosed_at":"2020-01-14T20:19:33.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:42:10.670Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"40769"}