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Vulnerability · 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.

Published Apr 4, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 21, 2026 · Snews CMS 1.7 contains

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2016-20051. EPSS is 0.16%. Act only if a listed version of Snews CMS 1.7 contains is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Snews CMS 1.7 contains).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.16%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe snewscms/snews

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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  • cpe snewscms/snewsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-20051

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2016-20051. EPSS is 0.16%. Act only if a listed version of Snews CMS 1.7 contains is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). EPSS 0.16%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 4, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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

  2. Jul 21, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20051

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-20051

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.