CVE-2016-20054 (GCVE-0-2016-20054)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-04 19:59 – Updated: 2026-10-08 15:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nodcms Cross Site Request Forgery via admin endpoints
Summary
Nodcms contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized administrative actions by crafting malicious forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting requests to admin/user_manipulate and admin/settings/generall endpoints to create users or modify application settings without explicit consent.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-06 15:38 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40707 | exploit |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nodcms | nodCMS |
Affected:
1.0
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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