Detections
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CVE-2021-31539

medium

Description

Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.8.8.01 (in a default installation) has cleartext passwords stored in the conf/admin.password file. A regular local user is able to read usernames and passwords.

References

https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine

https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-8-01-release-notes#breaking

https://www.gruppotim.it/redteam

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00025