Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-4957

RCE

Title: Puppet Puppet Enterprise RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-4957.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Oct 25, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-4957: The dashboard report in Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via a crafted report-specific type.

Impacted Vendors

puppet 1

puppetlabs 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/98639 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4957 http://secunia.com/advisories/55362 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88089 http://osvdb.org/98639 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4957 http://secunia.com/advisories/55362 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88089

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-4957 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 25, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.