CVE-2026-55696 (GCVE-0-2026-55696)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 20:20
Modified
2026-08-28 20:20
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
PrivateBin is an online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Prior to 2.0.5, AttachmentViewer.setAttachment in js/privatebin.js uses getAttachmentMimeType to accept attacker-controlled MIME types and uses getBlobUrl to create a same-origin blob before setting attachmentLink's href for the Download attachment link. The SVG-only sanitization branch updates only the preview blob, so text/html, image/svg, application/xhtml+xml, and text/xml attachments can remain active in the download blob. On an instance with fileupload = true and a weakened, stripped, or absent Content Security Policy, an anonymous attacker can create such an attachment, and a victim who opens the link in a new tab causes inline JavaScript to execute in the PrivateBin origin. The script can read origin-scoped local storage and issue same-origin requests, including requests to applications co-hosted on the same domain. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.5.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrivateBin | PrivateBin |
Version: < 2.0.5 |
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"affected": [
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"product": "PrivateBin",
"vendor": "PrivateBin",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "\u003c 2.0.5"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "PrivateBin is an online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Prior to 2.0.5, AttachmentViewer.setAttachment in js/privatebin.js uses getAttachmentMimeType to accept attacker-controlled MIME types and uses getBlobUrl to create a same-origin blob before setting attachmentLink\u0027s href for the Download attachment link. The SVG-only sanitization branch updates only the preview blob, so text/html, image/svg, application/xhtml+xml, and text/xml attachments can remain active in the download blob. On an instance with fileupload = true and a weakened, stripped, or absent Content Security Policy, an anonymous attacker can create such an attachment, and a victim who opens the link in a new tab causes inline JavaScript to execute in the PrivateBin origin. The script can read origin-scoped local storage and issue same-origin requests, including requests to applications co-hosted on the same domain. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.5."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 4.3,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-79",
"description": "CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027)",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
},
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-80",
"description": "CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-28T20:20:53.934Z",
"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
"shortName": "GitHub_M"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-f2xf-7x3g-4272",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM"
],
"url": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-f2xf-7x3g-4272"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/7f1f40853efe0eb12db9cc4a30ea8524ac00f423",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/7f1f40853efe0eb12db9cc4a30ea8524ac00f423"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/releases/tag/2.0.5",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/releases/tag/2.0.5"
}
],
"source": {
"advisory": "GHSA-f2xf-7x3g-4272",
"discovery": "UNKNOWN"
},
"title": "PrivateBin: Stored Cross-Side-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attachment download link via dangerous MIME types with required user-interaction"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
"assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
"cveId": "CVE-2026-55696",
"datePublished": "2026-08-28T20:20:53.934Z",
"dateReserved": "2026-06-17T00:13:10.650Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-28T20:20:53.934Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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