CVE-2011-5284 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web management interface of Smoothwall Express 3.1 and 3.0 SP3 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack an administrator's authenticated session to initiate a system reboot via a crafted request to cgi-bin/shutdown.cgi. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-16006) mentioning multiple SmoothWall Express 3.0 vulnerabilities, there is no indication of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:smoothwall:smoothwall:*:*:*:*:express:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:smoothwall:smoothwall:3.0:sp3:*:*:express:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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