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CVE-2023-3486

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3486 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting PaperCut NG versions 22.0.12 and prior. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the host, potentially exhausting system resources and causing a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, impacting availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 22.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_mf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 22.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, < 22.1.3CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
75.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7579 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

jfrogvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
lfedgevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
linkacevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
markusprojectvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (4)

jfrogllm-jfrog-39ad8a015227078eHIGH

PaperCut NG Unauthenticated File Upload

Jul 25, 2023
lfedgellm-lfedge-f21950437509c2b2HIGH

PaperCut NG Unauthenticated File Upload

Jul 25, 2023
markusprojectllm-markusproject-69c54c7ca2dddc2fHIGH

PaperCut NG Unauthenticated File Upload

Jul 25, 2023
linkacellm-linkace-ea7c57de6f9eeee4HIGH

PaperCut NG Unauthenticated File Upload

Jul 25, 2023

References

papercut.com / kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJuly2023
Vendor Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2023-23
Third Party Advisory