CVE-2022-39285 — ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application The file parameter is vulnerable to a cross site scripting vulnerability (XSS) by backing out of the current "tr" "td" brackets. This then allows a malicious user to provide code

01What is this vulnerability?

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application The file parameter is vulnerable to a cross site scripting vulnerability (XSS) by backing out of the current "tr" "td" brackets. This then allows a malicious user to provide code that will execute when a user views the specific log on the "view=log" page. This vulnerability allows an attacker to store code within the…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ZoneMinder	zoneminder	< 1.36.27, >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.24

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

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T17:19:26.192Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-h6xp-cvwv-q433
• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/c0a4c05e84eea0f6ccf7169c014efe54…
• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/d289eb48601a76e34feea3c168395533…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171498/Zoneminder-Log-Injection-XSS-Cross-S…