CVE-2016-20051

MEDIUM

Snews CMS 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery via changeup

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-20051. PoCs published by Amir.ght.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a functional CSRF exploit for Snews CMS 1.7 that changes the admin username and password without requiring prior authentication. The PoC uses a hidden HTML form to submit a crafted POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Description

Snews CMS 1.7 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to change administrator credentials without authentication by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into visiting a page containing a hidden form that submits POST requests to the changeup action, modifying the admin username and password parameters to gain unauthorized access.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Amir.ght · htmlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705

This is a functional CSRF exploit for Snews CMS 1.7 that changes the admin username and password without requiring prior authentication. The PoC uses a hidden HTML form to submit a crafted POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Snews CMS 1.7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: victim must visit the malicious HTML page while logged into the Snews CMS admin panel
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 07, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit exploit
ExploitDB-40705
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Snews CMS 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery via changeup
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (2)
snewscms/snews < 1.7
Snewscms/Snews CMS Cross Site Request Forgery 1.7
Published Apr 04, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 04, 2026