Wowza: >> Streaming Engine Security Vulnerabilities
Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate privileges by replacing executable files due to improper file permissions granting full access to the Everyone group. Attackers can replace the nssm_x64.exe binary in the manager and engine service directories with malicious executables to execute code with LocalSystem privileges when services restart.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-16
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.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-16
Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by crafting malicious web pages. Attackers can trick logged-in administrators into visiting a malicious site that submits POST requests to the user edit endpoint to create new admin accounts with arbitrary credentials.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-16
Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the enginemanager interface where input passed through various parameters is not properly sanitized before being returned to users. Attackers can inject malicious script code through parameters like appName, vhost, uiAppType, and wowzaCloudDestinationType in multiple endpoints to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript in a user's browser session.
CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-16
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to delete any directory on the file system if the target directory contains an XML definition file.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2024-11-21
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject client-side JavaScript into the web dashboard to automatically hijack admin accounts.
CVSS Score
9.6
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2024-11-21
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to create an XML definition file anywhere on the file system.
CVSS Score
2.7
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2024-11-21
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to read any file on the file system if the target directory contains an XML definition file.
CVSS Score
4.9
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2024-11-21
Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 permits an authenticated Streaming Engine Manager administrator to define a custom application property and poison a stream target for high-privilege remote code execution.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.021
Published
2024-11-21
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine through 4.8.11+5 allows a remote attacker to delete a user account via the /enginemanager/server/user/delete.htm userName parameter. The application does not implement a CSRF token for the GET request. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine release 4.8.14.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2021-10-05
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