CVE-2013-4971 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2013-4971?

CVE-2013-4971 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 7 Mar 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Puppet Enterprise before 3.2.0 does not properly restrict access to node endpoints in the console, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4971?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2013-4971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2887-wp98-w322.