Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zoneminder 1.30 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…

published 2017-03-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1388

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zoneminder 1.30 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name when creating a new monitor.

Patch / fix

distros 1

zoneminder Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.30.4+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10203

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10203 updated 2025-11-21

zoneminder: Multiple security issues

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
foxmole.com https://www.foxmole.com/advisories/foxmole-2016-07-05.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/1
mailing-list, exploit
foxmole.com /advisories/foxmole-2016-07-05.txt
exploit, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/97122
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-10203
NVD CVE-2016-10203

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary