CVE-2024-1882: Server-side resource injection in PaperCut NG/MF
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 72.6% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF 20.1.10, 21.2.14, 22.1.5.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF 20.1.10, 21.2.14, 22.1.5 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
This vulnerability allows an already authenticated admin user to create a malicious payload that could be leveraged for remote code execution on the server hosting the PaperCut NG/MF application server.
- Published
- Mar 14, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.4% · 72th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-76
Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.2
- CNA · PaperCut
- 7.2
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| papercut | papercut mf | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_mf |
| papercut | papercut ng | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng |
| apple | macos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- papercut papercut mfbefore 20.1.10
- papercut papercut mf21.0.0 and later · before 21.2.14
- papercut papercut mf22.0.0 and later · before 22.1.5
- papercut papercut mf23.0.1 and later · before 23.0.7
- papercut papercut ngbefore 20.1.10
- papercut papercut ng21.0.0 and later · before 21.2.14
- papercut papercut ng22.0.0 and later · before 22.1.5
- papercut papercut ng23.0.1 and later · before 23.0.7
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (PaperCut). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF
- before 23.0.7affectedfixed in 23.0.7
- before 22.1.5affectedfixed in 22.1.5
- before 21.2.14affectedfixed in 21.2.14
- before 20.1.10affectedfixed in 20.1.10
Same product
papercut: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-27350This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of PaperCut NG 22.0.5 (Build 63914).KEV99Now
- CVE-2026-81578PaperCut MF/NG: Authentication BypassKEV90Now
- CVE-2026-82078PaperCut MF/NG: Unsafe Dynamic Class Loading in Database ConnectorKEV86Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-1223Mar 13, 2024 · Improper authorization controls in PaperCut NG/MF19Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-1654Mar 13, 2024 · Unauthorized write operations in PaperCut NG/MF28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-1883Mar 14, 2024 · Reflected XSS in PaperCut NG/MF42Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF | 20.1.10 | Vendor (CNA) |
| PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF | 21.2.14 | Vendor (CNA) |
| PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF | 22.1.5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| PaperCut PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF | 23.0.7 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-18830 days apartReflected XSS in PaperCut NG/MF42Plan
- CVE-2024-12211 days apartImproper access controls on APIs on Linux and macOS in PaperCut NG/MF12Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-76 · Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special ElementsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.