Puppet Enterprise up to 2017.3.x Console cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.7$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppet Enterprise up to 2017.3.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Console. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6510. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppet Enterprise up to 2017.3.x (Service Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/08/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at puppet.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6510 since 02/01/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2017.3.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-117438 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.4
CNA Vector (Puppet): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.6

Timelineinfo

02/01/2018 🔍
05/01/2018 +89 days 🔍
05/08/2018 +6 days 🔍
05/08/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/09/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/08/2023 +1764 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: puppet.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6510 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6510
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117437
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2018 10:38
Updated: 03/08/2023 21:20
Changes: 05/09/2018 10:38 (59), 02/03/2020 08:37 (2), 03/08/2023 21:20 (14)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!