CVE-2016-20053
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.7–6.9
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708cnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpointcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708enisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpointenisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708ExploitVDB Entrynvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpointThird Party Advisorynvd
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