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TI-2016-09227 Aliases CVE-2016-20051GHSA-qqrh-w78r-g98g

Snews CMS 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery via changeup

Priority HIGH 70CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

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 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00168 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SnewscmsSnews CMS Cross Site Request Forgery1.7—No fix listedCNA
  • Snews CMS Cross Site Request Forgery VendorSnewscms Affected 1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.7VulnerableSnewscms
  • cpe:2.3:a:snewscms:snews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.7 Vulnerable ·Snewscms

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-20051
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qqrh-w78r-g98g

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2016-09228 Snews CMS 1.7 Unrestricted File Upload via snews_files CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2011-02367 A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the reorder administrator functions in sNews 1.71. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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