Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Wowza Streaming Engine by Wowza
CVE-2016-20036

5.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wowza Media Systems, Llc.

Status
Wowza Streaming Engine
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 March 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2016-20036?

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 is susceptible to multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in its enginemanager interface. These vulnerabilities arise because input through parameters such as appName, vhost, uiAppType, and wowzaCloudDestinationType is not adequately sanitized before being rendered to users. This lack of input validation allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript and HTML, potentially compromising user browsers and leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2016-20036 - Proof of Concept

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40135
exploit
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-534...
vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-streaming-engi...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
5.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
.