What is CVE-2016-20053?

CVE-2016-20053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redaxo Cms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-20053?

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

CSRF in Redaxo Cms

CVE-2016-20053

Redaxo CMS 5.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrative user accounts by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft HTM…

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

Redaxo Cms — versions 5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

ExploitDB-40708 (exploit)
VulnCheck Advisory: Redaxo CMS 5.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via users endpoint (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20053?: CVE-2016-20053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redaxo Cms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-20053?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.