CVE-2019-7655 — Wowza Streaming Engine 4

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier from multiple authenticated XSS vulnerabilities via the (1) customList%5B0%5D.value field in enginemanager/server/serversetup/edit_adv.htm of the Server Setup configuration or the (2) host field in enginemanager/j_spring_security_check of

01What is this vulnerability?

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier from multiple authenticated XSS vulnerabilities via the (1) customList%5B0%5D.value field in enginemanager/server/serversetup/edit_adv.htm of the Server Setup configuration or the (2) host field in enginemanager/j_spring_security_check of the login form. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-01-29T15:25:24.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:54:28.468Z

09References

• www.wowza.com — https://www.wowza.com/pricing/installer
• github.com — https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-7655-XSS-Wowza
• www.wowza.com — https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes
• raw.githubusercontent.com — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-stream…