# CVE-2024-52052: Stream Target Remote Code Execution in Wowza Streaming Engine

> An authenticated administrator can inject code via stream target properties, leading to remote code execution with high privileges.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 22 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2jp2-4gcw-39mv

## What is CVE-2024-52052?

CVE-2024-52052 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine, published on 21 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 permits an authenticated Streaming Engine Manager administrator to define a custom application property and poison a stream target for high-privilege remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-646 (Reliance on File Name or Extension of Externally-Supplied File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52052?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wowza Streaming Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52052?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52052 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52052 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52052 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wowza Streaming Engine

- [CVE-2018-7047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7047/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-19365](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19365/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-9004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9004/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-20034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-20034/): Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Privilege Escalation via user edit (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-52053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52053/): Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Wowza Streaming Engine (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52052 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52052 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine, published on 21 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52052 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wowza Streaming Engine. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52052/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52052/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52052
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52052
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52052

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52052/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.