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SCA: security update for privatebin/privatebin (GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422231

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2020-5223)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j72-p2wm-6738

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422231

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5223

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5223

cwe: CWE-79