CVE-2013-4971

Puppet Enterprise before 3.2.0 does not properly restrict access to node endpoints in the console, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-03-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4971 is rated Moderate Risk (43/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4971

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 0.29% 1.17% +0.88%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.29% -0.76%
3 2022-02-04 1.05%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4971

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4971

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4971

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4971 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4971

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4971

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet_enterprise <= 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4971

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