Medium severity · published Apr 4, 2026
CVE-2016-20053
Redaxo CMS 5.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via users endpoint
6.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RC
Redaxo CMS · Redaxo
5.2 · source: vendor
RE
Redaxo · Redaxo
5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20053
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40708
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redaxo-cms-cross-site-request-forgery-via-users-endpoint
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