CVE-2016-20053

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708	Exploit VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpoint	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redaxo:redaxo:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-04 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-21 07:10

NVD link : CVE-2016-20053

Mitre link : CVE-2016-20053

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-20053

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redaxo

redaxo

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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