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TI-2020-07224 Aliases CVE-2020-9004GHSA-9g39-jgf9-9mxx

A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-306Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any read-only user to issue requests to the administration panel in order to change functionality. For example, a read-only user may activate the Java JMX port in unauthenticated mode and execute OS commands under root privileges. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03531 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.8.0VulnerableWowza
  • cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.8.0 Vulnerable ·Wowza

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-9004
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9g39-jgf9-9mxx

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • 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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