CVE-2022-30768 — A Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue in ZoneMinder 1

A Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue in ZoneMinder 1.36.12 allows an attacker to execute HTML or JavaScript code via the Username field when an Admin (or non-Admin users that can see other users logged into the platform) clicks on Logout. NOTE: this exists in later versions

01What is this vulnerability?

A Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue in ZoneMinder 1.36.12 allows an attacker to execute HTML or JavaScript code via the Username field when an Admin (or non-Admin users that can see other users logged into the platform) clicks on Logout. NOTE: this exists in later versions than CVE-2019-7348 and requires a different attack method.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-30T16:11:14.969Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/releases
• medium.com — https://medium.com/%40dk50u1/stored-xss-in-zoneminder-up-to-v1-36-12-f26b4bb68c3…