CVE-2018-6511 XSS Vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise Console

What is CVE-2018-6511?

CVE-2018-6511 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 Puppet Enterprise Console. Affected releases are Puppet Puppet Enterprise: 2017.3.x versions prior to 2017.3.6.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6511?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6511?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6511 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-6511 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6511 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-11749 Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27020 Other in Puppet Enterprise High 8.8
• CVE-2015-5686 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8

All Puppet Puppet Enterprise vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r37h-jc5q-gg43.