What is CVE-2022-39291?

CVE-2022-39291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoneminder, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-39291?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Zoneminder

CVE-2022-39291

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2022-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.056 (92.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.056 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Zoneminder — versions < 1.36.27, >= 1.37.0, <1.37.24

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-cfcx-v52x-jh74 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/34ffd92bf123070cab6c83ad4cfe6297dd0ed0b4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/73d9f2482cdcb238506388798d3cf92546f9e40c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/cb3fc5907da21a5111ae54128a5d0b49ae755e9b (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/de2866f9574a2bf2690276fad53c91d607825408 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/171498/Zoneminder-Log-Injection-XSS-Cross-Site-Re…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39291?: CVE-2022-39291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoneminder, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-39291?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.