Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated read-only users to elevate privileges to administrator by manipula…

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1. Mar 16, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated read-only users to elevate privileges to administrator by manipulating POST parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to the user edit endpoint with accessLevel set to 'admin' and advUser parameters set to 'true' and 'on' to gain administrative access.

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated read-only users to elevate privileges to administrator by manipulating POST parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to the user edit endpoint with accessLevel set to 'admin' and advUser parameters set to 'true' and 'on' to gain administrative access.

Affected

• cpe wowza/streaming engine4.5.0

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20034

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20034

  Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated read-only users to elevate privileges to administrator by manipulating POST parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to the user edit endpoint with accessLevel set to 'admin'

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Exploit · zeroscience.mk
• Exploit · exploit-db.com
• Third Party Advisory · vulncheck.com