CVE-2016-20053

MEDIUM

5.3

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/4/2026

Last Modified4/4/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpoint(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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