What is CVE-2016-20036?

CVE-2016-20036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wowza Streaming_engine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-20036?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Wowza Streaming_engine

CVE-2016-20036

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…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wowza Streaming_engine — versions 4.5.0
Wowza Media Systems, Llc. Streaming Engine — versions 4.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20036?: CVE-2016-20036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wowza Streaming_engine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-20036?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.