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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Snewscms Snews CMS Cross Site Request Forgery affected
Version Status Constraints
1.7 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40705 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snews-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-changeup cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Snews CMS 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery via changeup
First Time appeared Snewscms
Snewscms snews
Weaknesses CWE-352
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Snewscms
Snewscms snews
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-04T16:13:42.760Z

Reserved: 2026-04-04T13:32:48.661Z

Link: CVE-2016-20051

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-04T14:16:17.370

Modified: 2026-04-04T14:16:17.370

Link: CVE-2016-20051

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