High severity · published Feb 6, 2017
CVE-2017-5368
ZoneMinder v1.30 and v1.29, an open-source CCTV server web application, is vulnerable to CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) which allows a remote attack to make changes to the web…
8.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ZoneMinder v1.30 and v1.29, an open-source CCTV server web application, is vulnerable to CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) which allows a remote attack to make changes to the web application as the current logged in victim. If the victim visits a malicious web page, the attacker can silently and automatically create a new admin user within the web application for remote persistence and further attacks. The URL is /zm/index.php and sample parameters could include action=user uid=0 newUser[Username]=attacker1 newUser[Password]=Password1234 conf_password=Password1234 newUser[System]=Edit (among others).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZO
Zoneminder · Zoneminder
1.29.0; 1.30.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5368
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5368
Exploit
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Feb/6
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/11
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96126
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