#VU40980 Cross-site request forgery in SmoothWall - CVE-2011-5284

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#VU40980 Cross-site request forgery in SmoothWall - CVE-2011-5284

Published: January 1, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40980
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5284
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
SmoothWall
Software vendor:
SmoothWall Team

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 perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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