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CVE-2013-4962

The reset password page in Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not force entry of the current password, which allows att

The reset password page in Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not force entry of the current password, which allows attackers to modify user passwords by leveraging session hijacking, an unattended workstation, or other vectors.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 0.0035
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Affected Products & Versions

2
puppet enterprise<= 3.0.0
puppet enterpriseall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD20 Aug 2013 · 10:55 PM
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4962/Vendor Advisory
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