{"id":"CVE-2016-20051","title":"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","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 vi…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-352"],"vendor":"snewscms","product":"snews","affected":["snews <= 1.7"],"published":"2026-04-04","updated":"2026-07-21","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20051","references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00162,"epssPercentile":0.05769,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-21T16:51:40.919Z","slug":"CVE-2016-20051","body":"## Overview\n\nSnews 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `snews <= 1.7`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}