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CVE-2016-5715

N/A

Published: January 12, 2017 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPuppet Enterprise

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

2015.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 2015.3.32016.1.1 ≤ v ≤ 2016.4.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txt

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715

CVSS

5.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-601

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