CVE-2024-52054
Application Creation Path Traversal in Wowza Streaming Engine
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to create an XML definition file anywhere on the file system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.1
Application Creation Path Traversal in Wowza Streaming Engine
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to create an XML definition file anywhere on the file system.
- Record
CVE-2024-52054- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-45986
5.1
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to create an XML definition file anywhere on the file system.
- Record
EUVD-2024-45986- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ww64-984p-7pch
5.1
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an...
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to create an XML definition file anywhere on the file system.
- Record
GHSA-ww64-984p-7pch- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/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 - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.1
Path Traversal in the Manager component of Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 allows an administrator user to create an XML definition file anywhere on the file system.
- Record
CVE-2024-52054- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 2.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-52054 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Wowza Streaming Engine, published November 21, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.