CVE-2023-27351

PaperCut NG

HIGH 8.2CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2026-04-20

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 78.05 % · percentile 100 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
zdi
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of PaperCut NG 22.0.5 (Build 63914). Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SecurityRequestFilter class. The issue results from improper implementation of the authentication algorithm. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-19226.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nzdi
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NNVD · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (Secondary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
PaperCut · NGaffected 22.0.5 (Build 63914)

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesCC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD