CVE-2016-20036

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the enginemanager interface where input passed through various parameters is not properly sanitized before being returned to users. Attackers can inject malicious script code through parameters like appName, vhost, uiAppType, and wowzaCloudDestinationType in multiple endpoints to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript in a user's browser session.

Affected

Wowza Media Systems, LLC. · Wowza Streaming Engine

CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK

5.1 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 15th percentile

Published

2026-03-15

Updated

2026-05-24

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40135

Security advisories

• http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5343.php
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-streaming-engine-multiple-cross-site-scripting…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry