CVE-2016-20036

Medium
|5.1
No Exploit

Plain English Summary

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An attacker can inject harmful scripts into the Wowza Streaming Engine's management interface, allowing them to execute malicious code in a user's browser session. This vulnerability requires the attacker to manipulate specific input parameters, potentially tricking users into clicking on a link or visiting a page that exploits the flaw.

Technical Description

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.

CVSS Vector Analysis

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
Confidentiality ImpactHigh
Integrity ImpactHigh
Availability ImpactHigh
ScopeChanged

Vector String

CVSS: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

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