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CVE-2022-39291 json

Denial of service through logs in zoneminder

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-41789

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • zoneminder zoneminder 1.36.27, 1.37.24
  • zoneminder Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.36.31+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39291

  • zoneminder Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 1.36.31-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-39291

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51071)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

7.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51071 Zoneminder < v1.37.24 - Log Injection & Stored XSS & CSRF Bypass webapps, 2023-03-27
  • github.com https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-cfcx-v52x-jh74 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • ZoneMinder zoneminder

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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