What is CVE-2016-20051?

CVE-2016-20051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snewscms Snews Cms Cross Site Request Forgery, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-20051?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Snewscms Snews Cms Cross Site Request Forgery

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 visi…

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.000 (0.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Snewscms Snews Cms Cross Site Request Forgery — versions 1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

ExploitDB-40705 (exploit)
VulnCheck Advisory: Snews CMS 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery via changeup (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20051?: CVE-2016-20051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snewscms Snews Cms Cross Site Request Forgery, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-20051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.