QID 730865

Date Published: 2023-08-07

QID 730865: PaperCut NG/MF Chained Path Traversal Vulnerability (Unauthenticated Check)

PaperCut NG and 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.

Affected Versions:
All PaperCut NG and MF versions prior to 22.1.3 on Windows platform only.

QID Detection Logic(Unauthenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable PaperCut NG/MF target by sending a crafted payload as a GET request to the web interface.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software, which can be downloaded from the Papercut Security Advisory.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 730865

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    Papercut Security Advisory URL Logo www.papercut.com/kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJuly2023/
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