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🛡️ CVE-2024-1883 — papercut-mf

🟡 CVSS 6.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-76 NVD
6.3
CVSS Score
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Description

This is a reflected cross site scripting vulnerability in the PaperCut NG/MF application server. An attacker can exploit this weakness by crafting a malicious URL that contains a script. When an unsuspecting user clicks on this malicious link, it could potentially lead to limited loss of confidentiality, integrity or availability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-1883 is classified as CWE-76: Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements. The product correctly neutralizes certain special elements, but it improperly neutralizes equivalent special elements.

Affected software

CVE-2024-1883 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • papercut-mf (from 23.0.1 up to 23.0.7)
  • papercut-ng (from 23.0.1 up to 23.0.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.papercut.com
www.papercut.com

Other advisories for this package

papercut-mf has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-76: Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-76
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-03-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
papercut-mf 23.0.1 23.0.7
papercut-ng 23.0.1 23.0.7

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