CVE-2016-20034

Publication date

2026-03-15 18:34:22

Family

VulnCheck

State

PUBLISHED

Description

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated read-only users to elevate privileges to administrator by manipulating POST parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to the user edit endpoint with accessLevel set to admin and advUser parameters set to true and on to gain administrative access.