CVE-2011-5284 — 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

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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 Dec 31, 2014

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.27%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.27% 0.02268

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02268

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.27% (0.02268)	82.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.27% (0.02268)	80.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00363)	56.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.74% (0.00736)	81.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.74% (0.00736)	80.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.74% (0.00736)	77.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-352

CSRF

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/70497
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16006
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99403
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/70497		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16006		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99403		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 31, 2014

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 31, 2014

Link CVE-2011-5284

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2011-5284

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2011-5284