FKIE_CVE-2016-5715

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-12 23:59 - Updated: 2026-05-13 00:24
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
puppet puppet_enterprise *
puppet puppet_enterprise *
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