---
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'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `snews <= 1.7`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.