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CVE-2016-20051 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-352	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
snewscms snews	<= 1.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jul 21, 2026	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Apr 14, 2026	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 4, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]