CVE-2016-20034

HIGH

8.8

Description

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.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.18.8

SeveriteHIGH

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vecteur d'attaqueNETWORK

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisLOW

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie3/16/2026

Derniere modification3/19/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Produits affectes

wowza:streaming_engine

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-352

References

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)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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