CSRF in Snewscms Snews
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.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (4.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 4.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Snewscms Snews
- Snewscms Snews Cms Cross Site Request Forgery — versions 1.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-20051?
- CVE-2016-20051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snewscms Snews, 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.