CVE-2016-20051 in Snews CMS
Summary
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.
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Reservation
04/04/2026
Disclosure
04/04/2026
Status
Confirmed
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| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355369 | Snews CMS cross-site request forgery | 352 | Proof-of-Concept | Not defined | CVE-2016-20051 |