CVE-2024-52053Network attack vector

Administrator account hijacking via unescaped log text

Published Nov 21, 2024 · Updated Nov 22, 2024

Stored XSS in Wowza Streaming Engine Manager before 4.9.1 allows remote attackers to hijack administrator accounts through the dashboard. Application logs store user-generated text without escaping it, and Manager renders that text directly as HTML in the web dashboard. No authentication is required to plant the payload, but an administrator must view the poisoned dashboard before the script runs in that browser session.

CVSS severity8.7
High
EPSS probability0.66%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Wowza Streaming Engine Manager before 4.9.1 allows remote attackers to hijack administrator accounts through the dashboard. Application logs store user-generated text without escaping it, and Manager renders that text directly as HTML in the web dashboard. No authentication is required to plant the payload, but an administrator must view the poisoned dashboard before the script runs in that browser session.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-52053
Published
Nov 21, 2024
Updated
Nov 22, 2024
Vendor
Wowza Media Systems
Product
Wowza Streaming Engine
Classifications
CWE-79, T1539
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 22, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <4.9.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Wowza Media Systems · Wowza Streaming Engineversion=0 <4.9.1

Published CVSS scores

8.7Rapid7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.6NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1539Steal Web Session Cookie

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