CVE-2016-20034 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0, allowing authenticated read-only users to gain administrator privileges. Rated High (CVSS 8.0), this low complexity attack allows an authenticated read-only user to elevate privileges by manipulating POST parameters on the user edit endpoint. Successful exploitation grants full administrative access, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.