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CVE-2011-5284

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-5284 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from smoothwall organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-12-31T22:59:01.567

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	smoothwall	smoothwall	≤ 3.1	Yes
Operating System	smoothwall	smoothwall	3.0	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/70497 ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16006 Exploit ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99403 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/70497 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16006 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99403 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For smoothwall's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.