CVE-2016-20051

MEDIUM

Snews CMS 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery via changeup

Title source: cna

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0000
EPSS Percentile 0.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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