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PaperCut NG SecurityRequestFilter Authentication Bypass (CVE-2023-27351)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175674

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Synopsis

A web application is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

The PaperCut NG running on the remote host is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted message, to bypass access control.

Solution

Upgrade PaperCut NG to 20.1.7 / 21.2.11 / 22.0.9 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175674

File Name: papercut_ng_cve-2023-27351.nbin

Version: 1.15

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/15/2023

Updated: 4/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:papercut:papercut_ng

Required KB Items: installed_sw/PaperCut NG

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27351