Redaxo CMS 5.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrative user accounts by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft HTML forms targeting the users endpoint with hidden fields containing admin credentials and account parameters to add new administrator accounts without user consent.

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

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Redaxo Redaxo CMS affected
Version Status Constraints
5.2 affected —

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpoint cve-icon cve-icon
History

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

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Description Redaxo CMS 5.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrative user accounts by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages. Attackers can craft HTML forms targeting the users endpoint with hidden fields containing admin credentials and account parameters to add new administrator accounts without user consent.
Title Redaxo CMS 5.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via users endpoint
First Time appeared Redaxo
Redaxo redaxo Cms
Weaknesses CWE-352
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redaxo:redaxo_cms:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redaxo:redaxo_cms:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Redaxo
Redaxo redaxo Cms
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: 2026-04-04T16:13:44.276Z

Reserved: 2026-04-04T13:33:32.631Z

Link: CVE-2016-20053

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-04T14:16:17.700

Modified: 2026-04-04T14:16:17.700

Link: CVE-2016-20053

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