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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Wowza Media Systems, LLC. Wowza Streaming Engine affected
Version Status Constraints
4.5.0 affected —

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References
Link Providers
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5343.php cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40135 cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-streaming-engine-multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities cve-icon
History

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
First Time appeared Wowza
Wowza streaming Engine
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wowza
Wowza streaming Engine
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-15T18:34:23.829Z

Reserved: 2026-03-15T18:22:32.983Z

Link: CVE-2016-20036

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