QID 150719

Date Published: 2023-09-25

QID 150719: PaperCut NG/MF Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2023-39143)

PaperCut NG/MF is a comprehensive print management system designed to seamlessly monitor and control your resources with easy to use administrative and user tools that can be securely accessed from anywhere on the network though a web browser.

Multiple versions of PaperCut NG/MF running on Windows are affected by Path Traversal vulnerability which could further lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE).

Affected Products:
PaperCut NG/MF prior to version 22.1.3

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID sends HTTP GET request and tries to fetch "home-app.png" using specially crafted Path Traversal payload and based on the response determines if the host is vulnerable

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access upload, read, or delete arbitrary files and leads to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when external device integration configuration is enabled.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to latest version of PaperCut NG/MF to remediate this vulnerability. For more information regarding patch details please refer PaperCut Security Bulletin.

Vendor References

PaperCut Security Bulletin - www.papercut.com/kb/Main/securitybulletinjuly2023/

CVEs related to QID 150719

CVE-2023-39143 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
PaperCut Security Bulletin			www.papercut.com/kb/Main/securitybulletinjuly2023/

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