CVE-2020-9004

Summary

CVECVE-2020-9004
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-14 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-03 14:06:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.8 All All All
Application Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.8 All All All
Application Wowza Streaming Engine All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Disclosures/CVE-2020-9004-Authenticated Remote Authorization Bypass Leading to RCE-Wowza at master · DrunkenShells/Disclosures · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-... MISC raw.githubusercontent.com
Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5 Release Notes CONFIRM www.wowza.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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