Description
PrivateBin is an online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. In v1.5, PrivateBin introduced the YOURLS server-side proxy. The idea was to allow using the YOURLs URL shortener without running the YOURLs instance without authentication and/or exposing the authentication token to the public, allowing anyone to shorten any URL. With the proxy mechanism, anyone can shorten any URL pointing to the configured PrivateBin instance. The vulnerability allowed other URLs to be shortened, as long as they contain the PrivateBin instance, defeating the limit imposed by the proxy. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.4.
Published: 2024-07-09
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-2387 PrivateBin is an online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. In v1.5, PrivateBin introduced the YOURLS server-side proxy. The idea was to allow using the YOURLs URL shortener without running the YOURLs instance without authentication and/or exposing the authentication token to the public, allowing anyone to shorten any URL. With the proxy mechanism, anyone can shorten any URL pointing to the configured PrivateBin instance. The vulnerability allowed other URLs to be shortened, as long as they contain the PrivateBin instance, defeating the limit imposed by the proxy. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.4.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mqqj-fx8h-437j PrivateBin allows shortening of URLs for other domains
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Privatebin Privatebin
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.967Z

Reserved: 2024-07-02T19:37:18.599Z

Link: CVE-2024-39899

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.967Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-09T19:15:13.160

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:28:31.470

Link: CVE-2024-39899

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:23:01Z

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