What is CVE-2023-2508?

CVE-2023-2508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-2508?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Apple macOS

CVE-2023-2508

The `PaperCutNG Mobility Print` version 1.0.3512 application allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform a CSRF attack on an instance administrator to configure the clients host (in the "configure printer discovery" section). This is possible because the application has no protections against CSRF attacks, like Anti-CSRF tokens, header origin validation, samesite cookies, etc.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS
Papercut Mobility Print Server — versions 1.0.3512
Papercut Mf/ng Mobility Print — versions 1.0.3512

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

fluidattacks.com/advisories/solveig/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.papercut.com/help/manuals/mobility-print/release-history/ (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2508?: CVE-2023-2508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-2508?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.