CVE-2011-5284

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-12-31 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5284 is rated Exploit Available (59/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5284

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16006 exploit_db edb 2011-01-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5284

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-11 0.36% 0.28% -0.09%
2 2025-03-17 0.66% 0.36% -0.30%
3 2024-12-29 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5284

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5284

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5284

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
smoothwall smoothwall <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:smoothwall:smoothwall:*:*:*:*:express:*:*:*
smoothwall smoothwall 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:smoothwall:smoothwall:3.0:sp3:*:*:express:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5284

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