Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Puppet Enterprise (CVE-2015-6502)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Puppet Enterprise (CVE-2015-6502). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the console in Puppet Enterprise before 2015.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the string parameter, related to Login Redirect.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2015-6502 has been found in Puppet Enterprise.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Puppet Enterprise CVE-2015-6502" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-6502 (Puppet Enterprise) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Puppet Enterprise.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Puppet Enterprise.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Puppet Enterprise を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch puppet.com