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.

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Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Privilege Escalation via user edit
First Time appeared Wowza
Wowza streaming Engine
Weaknesses CWE-352
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wowza
Wowza streaming Engine
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-16T14:30:30.300Z

Reserved: 2026-03-15T18:22:05.054Z

Link: CVE-2016-20034

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-16T14:21:03.969Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-16T14:17:50.507

Modified: 2026-03-16T14:53:46.157

Link: CVE-2016-20034

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-16T09:21:09Z

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