CVE-2020-9004

moderate-risk
Published 2020-04-14

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.54% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wowza

References (6)

Exploit https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-9004-Authentic...
Third Party Advisory https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-stream...
Release Notes https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes
Exploit https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-9004-Authentic...
Third Party Advisory https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-stream...
Release Notes https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal