CVE-2016-5715

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2016-5715 · Published 12/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5715 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting puppet enterprise (puppet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 73.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
puppet enterprise puppet	`≥ 2015.2.0, ≤ 2015.3.3≥ 2016.1.1, ≤ 2016.4.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txt · Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.html · Exploit
securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/93846 · Third Party Advisory
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

puppet enterprise

puppet

≥ 2015.2.0, ≤ 2015.3.3≥ 2016.1.1, ≤ 2016.4.0

No fix yet

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