Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5715
CVE-2016-5715
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2015.2.0,<=2015.3.3
- (no CPE)range: 2015.x and 2016.x before 2016.4.0
Patches
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References
5- hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threadednvd
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