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CVE-2020-5223

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5223 describes a persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PrivateBin versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 and 1.3.0 through 1.3.1. This flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious HTML via a user-provided attachment filename, leading to persistent XSS under specific conditions. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity, requiring low privileges and user interaction, resulting in low impact to confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.2, < 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:privatebin:privatebin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.3, < 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:privatebin:privatebin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 144 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: privatebin/privatebinFixed in: 1.2.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: privatebin/privatebinFixed in: 1.3.2
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738medium

Persistent XSS vulnerability in filename of attached file in PrivateBin

Jan 14, 2020

References

github.com / PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/8d0ac336d23cd8c98e71d5f21cdadcae9c8a26e6
Patch
github.com / PrivateBin/PrivateBin/issues/554
Third Party Advisory
github.com / PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738
ExploitThird Party Advisory
privatebin.info / news/v1.3.2-v1.2.2-release.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory