What is CVE-2020-16610?

CVE-2020-16610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hoosk, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-16610?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-16610 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Hoosk

CVE-2020-16610

Hoosk Codeigniter CMS before 1.7.2 is affected by a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF). When an attacker induces authenticated admin user to a malicious web page, any accounts can be deleted without admin user's intention.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-08-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hoosk

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

3072L/3072L

References

github.com/havok89/Hoosk/issues/53 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/havok89/Hoosk/pull/56 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16610?: CVE-2020-16610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hoosk, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-16610?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-16610 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.