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Active Exploitation of a Critical RCE Vulnerability in PaperCut MF/NG Servers

PaperCut has released a security update to address one Critical and one High severity vulnerability in PaperCut MF/NG

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Summary

PaperCut has released a security update to address one Critical and one High severity vulnerability in PaperCut MF/NG


Affected platforms

The following platforms are known to be affected:

Threat details

Introduction

PaperCut has released a security update to address one Critical and one High severity vulnerability in PaperCut MF/NG Application Servers and Site Servers.

The Critical severity vulnerability, ZDI-CAN-18987 / PO-1216 also tracked as CVE-2023–27350, has a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 and could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform remote code execution (RCE).

The High severity vulnerability, ZDI-CAN-19226 / PO-1219 also tracked as CVE-2023–27351, has a CVSSv3 score of 8.2 and could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to potentially pull information about a user stored within PaperCut MF/ NG.

Exploitation in the wild

PaperCut has confirmed that ZDI-CAN-18987 / PO-1216 / CVE-2023–27350 is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation advice

Affected organisations must review PaperCut MF/NG vulnerability bulletin and apply relevant security updates.


Definitive source of threat updates


Last edited: 20 April 2023 1:54 pm