CVE-2011-5284

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web management interface in httpd/cgi-bin/shutdown.cgi in Smoothwall Express 3.1 and 3.0 SP3 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that perform a reboot via a request to cgi-bin/shutdown.cgi.

Affected products

Smoothwall: through 3.1; 3.0-sp3

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/70497
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16006
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99403
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/70497
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16006
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99403

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