Cross-site request forgery in SmoothWall - CVE-2011-5284
Published: January 1, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40980
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5284
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
SmoothWall
How to mitigate CVE-2011-5284
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.