Medium severity · published Jan 12, 2017
CVE-2016-5715
Open redirect vulnerability in the Console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x before 2016.4.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct…
6.1
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Open redirect vulnerability in the Console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x before 2016.4.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a // (slash slash) followed by a domain in the redirect parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6501.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
2015.2.0 through 2015.3.3; 2016.1.1 through 2016.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5715
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5715
Exploit
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txt
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715
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