CVE-2020-9004
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.8 (build...
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any read-only user to issue requests to the administration panel in order to change functionality. For example, a read-only user may activate the Java JMX port in unauthenticated mode and execute OS commands under root privileges. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any read-only user to issue requests to the administration panel in order to change functionality. For example, a read-only user may activate the Java JMX port in unauthenticated mode and execute OS commands under root privileges. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.
- Record
CVE-2020-9004- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any read-only user to issue requests to the administration panel in order to change functionality. For example, a read-only user may activate the Java JMX port in unauthenticated mode and execute OS commands under root privileges. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.
- Record
CVE-2020-9004- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29835 No score
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any read-only user to issue requests to the administration panel in order to change functionality. For example, a read-only user may activate the Java JMX port in unauthenticated mode and execute OS commands under root privileges. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29835- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9g39-jgf9-9mxx
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.8 (build...
A remote authenticated authorization-bypass vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.8 (build 20191105123929) allows any read-only user to issue requests to the administration panel in order to change functionality. For example, a read-only user may activate the Java JMX port in unauthenticated mode and execute OS commands under root privileges.
- Record
GHSA-9g39-jgf9-9mxx- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9004 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Wowza Streaming Engine, published April 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.53%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-9004-Authenticated%20Remote%20Authorization%20Bypass%20Leading%20to%20RCE-Wowza
wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes
raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2020-9004.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9004