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.

Published: 2013-08-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4962 is rated Moderate Risk (46.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4962

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.35% 1.23% +0.88%
2 2025-03-30 0.55% 0.35% -0.20%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4962

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4962

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4962

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4962 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4962
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4962 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4962

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4962

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet_enterprise <= 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4962

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