CVE-2023-2533
PaperCut MF/NG 22.0.10 (Build 65996 2023-03-27) - Remote code execution via CSRF
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Fluid Attacks
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been identified in PaperCut NG/MF, which, under specific conditions, could potentially enable an attacker to alter security settings or execute arbitrary code. This could be exploited if the target is an admin with a current login session. Exploiting this would typically involve the possibility of deceiving an admin into clicking a specially crafted malicious link, potentially leading to unauthorized changes.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as PaperCut NG/MF Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability.
- Added
- 28 Jul 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 18 Aug 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid AttacksCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.8% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 22.0.10 – < 2.1.1
- unaffected 21.2.12
- unaffected 20.1.8
References (3)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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