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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-19365

wowza streaming_engine Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Nov 26, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 26, 2023 · wowza streaming_engine Improper Limitation

Patch now

CVE-2018-19365 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm wowza streaming_engine Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (wowza streaming_engine Improper Limitation).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
22.29%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor wowza streaming_engine

The REST API in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.4.01 allows traversal of the directory structure and retrieval of a file via a remote, specifically crafted HTTP request.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor wowza streaming_engineversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-19365

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-19365 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm wowza streaming_engine Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 22.29%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 26, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The REST API in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.4.01 allows traversal of the directory structure and retrieval of a file via a remote, specifically crafted HTTP request.

  2. Nov 26, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19365

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-19365

    30-day exploitation probability 22.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-19365

    The REST API in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.4.01 allows traversal of the directory structure and retrieval of a file via a remote, specifically crafted HTTP request.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.