CVE-2023-27351 - Authentication flaw

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CVE Information|Basic Analysis|Framework Mapping|Web Framework Mapping|Compliance

CVE Information

Original CVE data

Published: April 20, 2023

Updated: May 2, 2023

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.

CWE: CWE-287

CVSS v2-

CVSS v37.5

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

References

https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/PO-1216-and-PO-1219

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-232/

Affected Vendors

Papercut - (2)

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Basic Analysis

Common vulnerability metrics

Vulnerabilty type as detected by PRIOⁿengine

Authentication flaw

CVSS Scores as calculated by PRIOⁿengine

CVSS v27.5

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v39.8

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

MITRE CWE Top 25

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Exploits

No exploit code is reported to exist.

Active Exploitation

Vulnerability is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. See the KEV Catalog

Social Network Activity

Vulnerability is mentioned or trending in social media.

Threat Actor Activity

Vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors during campaigns.

Cybersecurity Frameworks

How the vulnerability maps against various cybersecurity frameworks

Compliance Impact

How the submited vulnerability affects compliance

PCI DSS v3.2.1-6.5.10 - Broken Authentication & Session Management

Web Application Security Frameworks

Applicable if the issue likely affects a web application

WASC-8 - Cross Site Scripting