CVE-2016-20051
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Snews
PublishedApr 4, 2026
First seenApr 4, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-352Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| snewscms snews | v ≤ 1.7 | — |
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