Cross-site request forgery in SmoothWall - CVE-2014-9431
Published: January 1, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40977
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9431
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SmoothWall Team
Affected software:
SmoothWall
SmoothWall
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and httpd/cgi-bin/changepw.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9431
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.