Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-39143
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity path traversal in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 80.1% (higher than 99.6% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)80.1%top 0.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC
Official description
PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF before 22.1.3 on Windows allow path traversal, enabling attackers to upload, read, or delete arbitrary files. This leads to remote code execution when external device integration is enabled (a very common configuration).
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H