A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any read-only user to issue req

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• wowza streaming engineup to 4.8.0 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2018-19365The REST API in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.4.01 allows traversal of the directory structure and retrieval of a file via a remote, specifical
  43Plan
• CVE-2018-7047An issue was discovered in the MBeans Server in Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.7.1.
  40Plan
• CVE-2024-52052Stream Target Remote Code Execution in Wowza Streaming Engine
  37Monitor
• CVE-2016-20034Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Privilege Escalation via user edit
  34Monitor
• CVE-2016-20033Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Local Privilege Escalation via nssm_x64.exe
  34Monitor
• CVE-2024-52053Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Wowza Streaming Engine
  34Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1// Added for the support team2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {2  app.post(3    "/maintenance/reset",4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice5  );6}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.