CVE-2016-20034

HIGH

8.8

Beschreibung

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated read-only users to elevate privileges to administrator by manipulating POST parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to the user edit endpoint with accessLevel set to 'admin' and advUser parameters set to 'true' and 'on' to gain administrative access.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Bewertung8.8

SchweregradHIGH

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

AngriffsvektorNETWORK

KomplexitatLOW

Erforderliche PrivilegienLOW

BenutzerinteraktionNONE

Veroffentlicht3/16/2026

Zuletzt geandert3/19/2026

Quellenvd

Honeypot-Sichtungen0

Betroffene Produkte

wowza:streaming_engine

Schwachen (CWE)

CWE-352

Referenzen

http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5340.php(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40133(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-streaming-engine-privilege-escalation-via-user-edit(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Korrelationen

Keine Korrelationen erfasst

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