Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 appName/vhost/uiAppType/wowzaCloudDestinationType cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument appName/vhost/uiAppType/wowzaCloudDestinationType results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-20036. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument appName/vhost/uiAppType/wowzaCloudDestinationType with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by Gjoko Krstic as 40135. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-20036 since 03/15/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/15/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/15/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
03/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/20/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 40135
Researcher: Gjoko Krstic
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-20036 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-20036
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-351177
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2026 21:36
Updated: 03/20/2026 21:24
Changes: 03/15/2026 21:36 (80), 03/20/2026 21:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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