# CVE-2018-6510: XSS Vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise Console

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Puppet Enterprise Console via the Orchestrator, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 May 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m8f8-29g4-v3cr

## What is CVE-2018-6510?

CVE-2018-6510 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 8 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise Console of Puppet Enterprise allows a user to inject scripts into the Puppet Enterprise Console when using the Orchestrator. Affected releases are Puppet Puppet Enterprise: 2017.3.x versions prior to 2017.3.6.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6510?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-6510?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6510 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-6510 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Puppet Enterprise

- [CVE-2023-2530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2530/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10694/): Hardcoded credentials in Puppet Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11749/): Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27020](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27020/): Other in Puppet Enterprise (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-5686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5686/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6510 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-6510 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 8 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Puppet Puppet Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6510/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6510/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6510
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6510
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6510

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6510/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.