CVE-2023-31046

moderate-risk
Published 2023-10-19

A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in PaperCut NG before 22.1.1 and PaperCut MF before 22.1.1. Under specific conditions, this could potentially allow an authenticated attacker to achieve read-only access to the server's filesystem, because requests beginning with "GET /ui/static/..//.." reach getStaticContent in UIContentResource.class in the static-content-files servlet.

Do I need to act?

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0.19% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Papercut

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://research.aurainfosec.io/disclosure/papercut/
Third Party Advisory https://web.archive.org/web/20230814061444/https://research.aurainfosec.io/discl...
Vendor Advisory https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/PO-1216-and-PO-1219#security-notifications
Vendor Advisory https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJune2023
Third Party Advisory https://research.aurainfosec.io/disclosure/papercut/
Third Party Advisory https://web.archive.org/web/20230814061444/https://research.aurainfosec.io/discl...
Vendor Advisory https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/PO-1216-and-PO-1219#security-notifications
Vendor Advisory https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJune2023
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low