CVE-2022-39291Denial of service through logs in zoneminder
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application. Affected versions of zoneminder are subject to a vulnerability which allows users with "View" system permissions to inject new data into the logs stored by Zoneminder. This was observed through an HTTP POST request containing log information to the "/zm/index.php" endpoint. Submission is not rate controlled and could affect database performance and/or consume all storage resources. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Zoneminder < v1.37.24 - Log Injection & Stored XSS & CSRF Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51071webapps, phppublished 27 Mar 2023Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
- affected < 1.36.27
- affected >= 1.37.0, <1.37.24
References
References6
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-cfcx-v52x-jh74 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/34ffd92bf123070cab6c83ad4cfe6297dd0ed0b4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/73d9f2482cdcb238506388798d3cf92546f9e40c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/cb3fc5907da21a5111ae54128a5d0b49ae755e9b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/de2866f9574a2bf2690276fad53c91d607825408 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171498/Zoneminder-Log-Injection-XSS-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-41789 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-39291)Record last updated .