CVE-2015-6501
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOpen redirect vulnerability in the Console in Puppet Enterprise before 2015.2.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via the string parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceOpen redirect vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise Console (before 2015.2.1) where a string parameter can be manipulated to redirect users to arbitrary external websites, enabling phishing attacks.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 2015.2.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Puppet Enterprise installationRun 'puppet --version' or check for Puppet Enterprise installation directories such as /opt/puppet, /etc/puppetlabs, or the Windows equivalent.Affected if Puppet Enterprise is installed on the system
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Determine the exact Puppet Enterprise versionCheck the installed version by running 'puppet-enterprise --version' or inspect version files in the Puppet Enterprise installation directory. On Linux/Unix systems, check /opt/puppet-enterprise or examine the PE version file if present.Affected if The installed version is 2015.2.0 or earlier (any version <= 2015.2.0)
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Confirm the Console component is accessibleVerify that the Puppet Enterprise Console web interface is enabled and accessible. Check if port 443 or 3000 (typical Console ports) are listening, or review the console.conf configuration file in the Puppet Enterprise directory.Affected if The Console web interface is enabled and reachable on the network
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Identify the Console URL and test for open redirectAccess the Puppet Enterprise Console login page. Look for redirect parameters in the URL after authentication or in login form submissions. Common patterns include 'redirect=', 'url=', or 'next=' parameters.Affected if The URL accepts and follows redirect parameters to external domains without validation
You are affected if Puppet Enterprise version 2015.2.0 or earlier is installed AND the Console component is accessible, since the open redirect vulnerability exists in the Console string parameter handling.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Puppet Enterprise to version 2015.2.1 or later to resolve the open redirect vulnerability in the Console component.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-6501 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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