CVE-2020-9004
highpriority · track · 36OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A 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.
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affected products (2)
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references (11)
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- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-9004-Authenticated%20Remote%20Authorization%20Bypass%20Leading%20to%20RCE-Wowzacnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9004cnnvd
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2020-9004.txtcnnvd
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/master/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2020-9004.txtcnnvd
- https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notescnnvd
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-9004-Authenticated%20Remote%20Authorization%20Bypass%20Leading%20to%20RCE-Wowzaenisa_euvd
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2020-9004.txtenisa_euvd
- https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notesenisa_euvd
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