CVE-2016-20051

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Apr 2026, 19:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705 -~~	() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References	~~() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup -~~	() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup - Third Party Advisory
First Time		Snewscms Snewscms snews
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews::::::::

04 Apr 2026, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-04 14:16

Updated : 2026-04-14 19:04

NVD link : CVE-2016-20051

Mitre link : CVE-2016-20051

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-20051

JSON object : View

Products Affected

snewscms

snews

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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