CVE-2016-20035

MEDIUM 5.3

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 CSRF via user edit endpoint

CVSS Score

5.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by crafting malicious web pages. Attackers can trick logged-in administrators into visiting a malicious site that submits POST requests to the user edit endpoint to create new admin accounts with arbitrary credentials.

CWE	CWE-352
Vendor	wowza media systems, llc.
Product	wowza streaming engine
Published	Mar 15, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 16, 2026

Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for wowza media systems, llc. wowza streaming engine

Be the first to know when new medium vulnerabilities affecting wowza media systems, llc. wowza streaming engine are published — delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts → Free · No credit card · 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Wowza Media Systems, LLC. / Wowza Streaming Engine

4.5.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40134 zeroscience.mk: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5341.php vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-streaming-engine-csrf-via-user-edit-endpoint

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab