HIGH
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ntopng through 2.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, as demonstrated by admin/add_user.lua, admin/change_user_prefs.lua, admin/delete_user.lua, and admin/password_reset.lua
Published Jan 14, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.55%
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ntopng through 2.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, as demonstrated by admin/add_user.lua, admin/change_user_prefs.lua, admin/delete_user.lua, and admin/password_reset.lua.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.55% 0.03554
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03554
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.55% (0.03554) | 88.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.52% (0.03525) | 87.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 22.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00583) | 78.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00690) | 79.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00690) | 77.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.38% (0.08382) | 93.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.38% (0.08382) | 93.35th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.38% (0.08382) | 82.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 5.60% (0.05603) | 80.32th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 5.60% (0.05603) | 80.12th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.60% (0.05603) | 88.66th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.60% (0.05603) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95654 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/1b2ceac8f578a246af6351c4f476e3102cdf21b3 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/f91fbe3d94c8346884271838ae3406ae633f6f15 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41141/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95654 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/1b2ceac8f578a246af6351c4f476e3102cdf21b3 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/f91fbe3d94c8346884271838ae3406ae633f6f15 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41141/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 14, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 13, 2017
Link CVE-2017-5473
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a