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TI-2019-14017 Aliases CVE-2019-19455GHSA-wqmj-9hmf-rw4x

Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.8.5 has Insecure Permissions which may allow a local…

Priority LOW 34CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.8.5 has Insecure Permissions which may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges in / usr / local / WowzaStreamingEngine / manager / bin / in the Linux version of the server by writing arbitrary commands in any file and execute them as root. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00372 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.8.5VulnerableWowza
  • cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.8.5 Vulnerable ·Wowza

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19455
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqmj-9hmf-rw4x

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2016-09210 Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Privilege Escalation via user edit CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2016-09209 Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Local Privilege Escalation via nssm_x64.exe CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2016-09211 Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 CSRF via user edit endpoint CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2018-13723 The REST API in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.4.01 allows traversal of the directory… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2016-09212 Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2018-05112 An issue was discovered in the MBeans Server in Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.7.1. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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