Snews CMS 1.7 unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in Snews CMS 1.7 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-20052. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Snews CMS 1.7 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Snews CMS 1.7 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files including PHP executables to the snews_files directory. Attackers can upload malicious PHP files through the multipart form-data upload endpoint and execute them by accessing the uploaded file path to achieve remote code execution.

The weakness was disclosed with Ashiyane Digital Security Team as 40706. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-20052 since 04/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40706) and EUVD (EUVD-2016-10860). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Content Management System

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• Snews CMS

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• 1.7

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