CVE-2016-5715

moderate-risk
Published 2017-01-12

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.69% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.1/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Puppet

References (10)

Exploit http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txt
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open...
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
Exploit http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txt
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open...
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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moderate-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal