CVE-2023-2533 is a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting PaperCut NG/MF, which could allow an attacker to alter security settings or execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) requires user interaction, specifically an administrator clicking a malicious link, but has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage. Despite active exploitation, no public exploit code is currently available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_mf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 21.0.0, < 21.2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_mf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 22.0.0, < 22.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_mf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 20.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 21.0.0, < 21.2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.