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PaperCut PaperCutNG Authentication Bypass

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Disclosed
Mar 13, 2023
Created
Jun 7, 2023

Description

This module leverages an authentication bypass in PaperCut NG. If necessary it
updates Papercut configuration options, specifically the 'print-and-device.script.enabled'
and 'print.script.sandboxed' options to allow for arbitrary code execution running in
the builtin RhinoJS engine.

This module logs at most 2 events in the application log of papercut. Each event is tied
to modifcation of server settings.

Author

catatonicprime

Platform

Java

Architectures

java

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/papercut_ng_auth_bypass
    msf exploit(papercut_ng_auth_bypass) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(papercut_ng_auth_bypass) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(papercut_ng_auth_bypass) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(papercut_ng_auth_bypass) > exploit
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