{"id":"CVE-2023-3486","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-3486","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:14:57.868Z","title":"An authentication bypass exists in PaperCut NG versions 22.0.12 and prior that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the PaperCut NG host’s file storage.","description":"An authentication bypass exists in PaperCut NG versions 22.0.12 and prior that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the PaperCut NG host’s file storage. This could exhaust system resources and prevent the service from operating as expected.\n","published":"2023-07-25T13:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:14:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vulnreport@tenable.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":["papercut/papercut mf","papercut/papercut ng"],"epss":{"score":0.79159,"percentile":0.99595,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 79.2%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJuly2023/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vulnreport@tenable.com"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-23","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vulnreport@tenable.com"},{"url":"https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/SecurityBulletinJuly2023/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-23","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3486","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}