CVE-2023-41884: ZoneMinder Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in watch.php

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application. In WWW/AJAX/watch.php, Line: 51 takes a few parameter in sql query without sanitizing it which makes it vulnerable to sql injection. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.36.34.

Affected products

zoneminder: before 1.36.34 — fixed in 1.36.34

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: zoneminder 1.36.34. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/677f6a31551f128554f7b0110a52fd76453a657a
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/a194fe81d34c5eea2ab1dc18dc8df615fca634a6
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-2qp3-fwpv-mc96

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