Snews CMS 1.7 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files including PHP executables to the snews_files directory. Attackers can upload malicious PHP files through the multipart form-data upload endpoint and execute them by accessing the uploaded file path to achieve remote code execution.

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Description Snews CMS 1.7 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files including PHP executables to the snews_files directory. Attackers can upload malicious PHP files through the multipart form-data upload endpoint and execute them by accessing the uploaded file path to achieve remote code execution.
Title Snews CMS 1.7 Unrestricted File Upload via snews_files
First Time appeared Snewscms
Snewscms snews
Weaknesses CWE-434
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Snewscms
Snewscms snews
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-04T16:13:43.576Z

Reserved: 2026-04-04T13:33:00.414Z

Link: CVE-2016-20052

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-04T14:16:17.520

Modified: 2026-04-04T14:16:17.520

Link: CVE-2016-20052

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