CVE-2016-20051
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.
Published:Apr 4, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
EPS:Apr 4, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00014
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Snewscms
Product
Snews
Snewscms
Snews
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
