PaperCut NG/MF Authentication Bypass

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113932

Synopsis

PaperCut NG/MF Authentication Bypass

Description

PaperCut NG/MF is a print management system designed to help organizations monitoring and controlling print resources while providing an easy-to-use solution to their end users. PaperCut NG/MF versions below 20.1.7, 21.x below 21.2.11 and 22.x below 22.0.9 are affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in the `SetupCompleted` class. By leveraging this vulnerability, a remote and unauthenticated attacker could log on as an administration and perform remote code execution on the target PaperCut instance.

Solution

Upgrade to PaperCut NG/MF version 20.1.7, 21.2.11, 22.0.9 or later.

See Also

https://www.papercut.com/

https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/PO-1216-and-PO-1219

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-233/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 113932

Type: remote

Published: 5/31/2023

Updated: 5/31/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27350

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27350

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27350