Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting privatebin/privatebin package, versions >=1.5.0, <1.7.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PRIVATEBINPRIVATEBIN-7438560
  • published10 Jul 2024
  • disclosed9 Jul 2024
  • creditnbviglk

Introduced: 9 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-39899  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade privatebin/privatebin to version 1.7.4 or higher.

Overview

privatebin/privatebin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness through the YOURLs server-side proxy. An attacker can bypass URL shortening restrictions by manipulating the proxy mechanism to shorten URLs not intended to be processed by this instance.

CVSS Scores

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