CVE-2016-20035 PUBLISHED

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 CSRF via user edit endpoint

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 15.03.2026 Published: 15.03.2026 Updated: 16.03.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS Score: 6.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	Low
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	Low
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Wowza Media Systems, LLC.
Product	Wowza Streaming Engine
Versions	Version 4.5.0 is affected

CVE-2016-20035 PUBLISHED

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 CSRF via user edit endpoint

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