What is CVE-2016-10201?

CVE-2016-10201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoneminder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-10201?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Zoneminder

CVE-2016-10201

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zoneminder 1.30 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the format parameter in a download log request to index.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zoneminder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/1 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List)
www.foxmole.com/advisories/foxmole-2016-07-05.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10201?: CVE-2016-10201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoneminder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-10201?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.