TI-2022-18667 Aliases CVE-2022-39291

Denial of service through logs in zoneminder

MEDIUM 58CWE-20Published 2022-10-07 · Updated 2025-04-22

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · Low
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.07106 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed zoneminder (ZoneMinder): 1.36.27, 1.37.24

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
ZoneMinder	zoneminder	before 1.36.27; 1.37.0 to before 1.37.24	1.36.27, 1.37.24	Patch available	CNA

zoneminder VendorZoneMinder Affected before 1.36.27; 1.37.0 to before 1.37.24 Fixed in 1.36.27, 1.37.24 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder::::::::	before 1.36.27; after 1.37.0, before 1.37.24	Vulnerable	ZoneMinder

cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.36.27; after 1.37.0, before 1.37.24 Vulnerable ·ZoneMinder

Remediation

Fix · CNA zoneminder (ZoneMinder) Fixed in 1.36.27, 1.37.24

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39291

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-cfcx-v52x-jh74

Patch 4

Other 1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171498/Zoneminder-Log-Injection-XSS-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

TI-2025-40444 ZoneMinder v1.36.34 is vulnerable to Command Injection in web/views/image.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-11269 ZoneMinder vulnerable to Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-18665 Database log access in ZoneMinder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2022-12167 ZoneMinder before 1.36.13 allows remote code execution via an invalid language. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-29012 ZoneMinder Time-based SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-11270 ZoneMinder contains Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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