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CVE-2023-2533

high

Description

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been identified in PaperCut NG/MF, which, under specific conditions, could potentially enable an attacker to alter security settings or execute arbitrary code. This could be exploited if the target is an admin with a current login session. Exploiting this would typically involve the possibility of deceiving an admin into clicking a specially crafted malicious link, potentially leading to unauthorized changes.

References

https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-papercut-flaw/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-kev-cisco-ise/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/07/28/cisa-adds-three-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-flags-papercut-rce-bug-as-exploited-in-attacks-patch-now/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/cisa-adds-papercut-ngmf-csrf.html

https://securityaffairs.com/180494/security/u-s-cisa-adds-cisco-ise-and-papercut-ng-mf-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJune2023

https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/arcangel/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-06-20

Updated: 2025-07-29

Named Vulnerability: ArcangelKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.4654

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