CVE-2022-39291 — ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application

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 th

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

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

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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: 2025-04-22T17:18:56.683Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-cfcx-v52x-jh74
• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/34ffd92bf123070cab6c83ad4cfe6297…
• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/73d9f2482cdcb238506388798d3cf925…
• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/cb3fc5907da21a5111ae54128a5d0b49…
• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/de2866f9574a2bf2690276fad53c91d6…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171498/Zoneminder-Log-Injection-XSS-Cross-S…