{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8404 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-8404 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF, published on 26 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8404 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-8404 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF, published on 26 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8404 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8404/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-8404","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8404/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-8404","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9cxr-86mw-8jw2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Print management software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker with local low-privilege access can delete arbitrary files on Windows servers running PaperCut with Web Print enabled.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"PaperCut","cpe":[{"product":"papercut_mf","vendor":"papercut"},{"product":"papercut_ng","vendor":"papercut"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability exists in PaperCut NG/MF, specifically affecting Windows servers with Web Print enabled. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must first obtain local login access to the Windows Server hosting PaperCut NG/MF and be capable of executing low-privilege code directly on the server via the web-print-hot-folder. \n\nImportant: In most installations, this risk is mitigated by the default Windows Server configuration, which restricts local login access to Administrators only. However, this vulnerability could pose a risk to customers who allow non-administrative users to log into the local console of the Windows environment hosting the PaperCut NG/MF application server.\n\nUpdate:\n\nThis CVE has been updated in May 2025 to update the fixed version and fix process. Please refer to the May 2025 Security Bulletin.\n\nNote: \n\nThis CVE has been split from CVE-2024-3037.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Arbitrary File Deletion in PaperCut NG/MF Web Print Hot folder","id":"CVE-2024-8404","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Arbitrary File Creation in PaperCut NG/MF Web Print leading to a Denial of Service attack","id":"CVE-2024-8405"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Ethernet port on MELSEC iQ-F Ethernet Module and EtherNet/IP Module","id":"CVE-2024-8403"},"products":["PaperCut NG, PaperCut MF"],"published":"2024-09-26","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"PaperCut MF/NG Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2023-27350","kev_date_added":"2023-04-21","published":"2023-04-20"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"PaperCut NG/MF Unsafe Reflection","id":"CVE-2026-82078","kev_date_added":"2026-08-31","published":"2026-08-28"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"PaperCut NG/MF Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2026-81578","kev_date_added":"2026-08-31","published":"2026-08-28"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"PaperCut NG/MF Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-2533","kev_date_added":"2025-07-28","published":"2023-06-20"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"PaperCut NG/MF Improper Authentication","id":"CVE-2023-27351","kev_date_added":"2026-04-20","published":"2023-04-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-39143","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-04"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-12135","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-13","vendors":["PaperCut"]},"summary":"An attacker with local low-privilege access can delete arbitrary files on Windows servers running PaperCut with Web Print enabled.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8404/"}