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.

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• cpe wowza/streaming engine4.5.0

How to fix CVE-2016-20035

• Recommended remediation

  A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.

• Official advisories

  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov

What to do

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Timeline

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1. Mar 16, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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.

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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.

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20035

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-20035

  30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20035

  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

  nvd.nist.gov

References

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

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.