# CVE-2011-5284: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can force a system reboot by tricking administrators into visiting a malicious link, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3j4-2rg7-wq4c

## What is CVE-2011-5284?

CVE-2011-5284 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-5284?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Smoothwall Smoothwall.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-5284?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-5284 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-5284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- SmoothWall Express 3.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2003-0209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0209/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-9431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9431/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2011-5283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5283/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2014-9429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9429/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2014-9430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9430/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-5284 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-5284 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5284/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5284/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5284
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5284
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-5284

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