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GHSA-6RXF-G628-G4P6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-16 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-16 15:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2016-20034 (GCVE-0-2016-20034)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-15 18:34 – Updated: 2026-03-16 14:30

Title

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Privilege Escalation via user edit

Summary

Severity ?

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

8.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40133	exploit
	http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-…	vendor-advisory
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-stream…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Wowza Media Systems, LLC.	Wowza Streaming Engine	Affected: 4.5.0

Date Public ?

2016-07-20 00:00

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-6RXF-G628-G4P6

CVE-2016-20034 (GCVE-0-2016-20034)

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