CVE-2026-55891 (GCVE-0-2026-55891)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 20:23
Modified
2026-08-28 20:23
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Summary
PrivateBin is an online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Prior to 2.0.5, Request::getRequestUri() in lib/Request.php passes $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] through FILTER_SANITIZE_URL, which does not remove quotation marks, angle brackets, or apostrophes, and Controller::_init() stores the attacker-controlled value in Controller::$_urlBase. Controller::_jsonld() in lib/Controller.php then uses str_replace() to insert that value without JSON escaping into js/types.jsonld, js/paste.jsonld, and the other JSON-LD templates used by /?jsonld= and /?pasteid. A raw quotation mark delivered by an HTTP client, proxy, or structured-data crawler that does not normalize the request target can break out of the JSON string and inject arbitrary key-value data into a CORS-open application/ld+json response. The jsonld branch in Controller::__construct() returns before _setCacheHeaders(), so the response also lacks X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff, Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy. Direct script execution was not demonstrated, but manipulated responses can affect structured-data consumers or combine with less strict clients. 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": [
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"version": "\u003c 2.0.5"
}
]
}
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"descriptions": [
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"value": "PrivateBin is an online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Prior to 2.0.5, Request::getRequestUri() in lib/Request.php passes $_SERVER[\u0027REQUEST_URI\u0027] through FILTER_SANITIZE_URL, which does not remove quotation marks, angle brackets, or apostrophes, and Controller::_init() stores the attacker-controlled value in Controller::$_urlBase. Controller::_jsonld() in lib/Controller.php then uses str_replace() to insert that value without JSON escaping into js/types.jsonld, js/paste.jsonld, and the other JSON-LD templates used by /?jsonld= and /?pasteid. A raw quotation mark delivered by an HTTP client, proxy, or structured-data crawler that does not normalize the request target can break out of the JSON string and inject arbitrary key-value data into a CORS-open application/ld+json response. The jsonld branch in Controller::__construct() returns before _setCacheHeaders(), so the response also lacks X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff, Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy. Direct script execution was not demonstrated, but manipulated responses can affect structured-data consumers or combine with less strict clients. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.5."
}
],
"metrics": [
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"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 0,
"baseSeverity": "NONE",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
}
}
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"problemTypes": [
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"descriptions": [
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"description": "CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output",
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"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-28T20:23:50.477Z",
"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
"shortName": "GitHub_M"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-xrjc-c68j-hp7w",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM"
],
"url": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/security/advisories/GHSA-xrjc-c68j-hp7w"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/164c839c39688533ef0086575878e8392cd21249",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/commit/164c839c39688533ef0086575878e8392cd21249"
},
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"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-xrjc-c68j-hp7w",
"discovery": "UNKNOWN"
},
"title": "PrivateBin: Reflected JSON injection in backend responses via unescaped REQUEST_URI"
}
},
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"datePublished": "2026-08-28T20:23:50.477Z",
"dateReserved": "2026-06-17T16:59:42.760Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-28T20:23:50.477Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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