CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-1222

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published: Mar 14, 2024 | Modified: Jan 23, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

This allows attackers to use a maliciously formed API request to gain access to an API authorization level with elevated privileges. This applies to a small subset of PaperCut NG/MF API calls.

Weakness

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Papercut_mf Papercut * 20.1.10 (excluding)
Papercut_mf Papercut 21.0.0 (including) 21.2.14 (excluding)
Papercut_mf Papercut 22.0.0 (including) 22.1.5 (excluding)
Papercut_mf Papercut 23.0.1 (including) 23.0.7 (excluding)
Papercut_ng Papercut * 20.1.10 (excluding)
Papercut_ng Papercut 21.0.0 (including) 21.2.14 (excluding)
Papercut_ng Papercut 22.0.0 (including) 22.1.5 (excluding)
Papercut_ng Papercut 23.0.1 (including) 23.0.7 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References