# CVE-2009-2738: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WebGUI in FreeNAS before 0.7RC1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-08-11 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WebGUI in FreeNAS before 0.7RC1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for unspecified requests via unknown vectors.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=22
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN15267895/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000053.html
- http://www.ipa.go.jp/security/vuln/documents/2009/200908_freenas.html

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