CVE-2016-5715

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.

• CWE-601

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715Vendor Advisory
• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-AUTHENTICATION-REDIRECT.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139302/Puppet-Enterprise-Web-Interface-Open-Redirect.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539618/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93846Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5715Vendor Advisory

Published

Jan 12, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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