Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-4962

Title: Puppet Puppet Enterprise

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-4962.

CWE Category CWE-255

Published Date Aug 20, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-4962: 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.

Impacted Vendors

puppet 1

puppetlabs 1

Reference Links

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4962/ http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4962/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-4962 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.

August 20, 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:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.