High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5368
CVE-2017-5368
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).
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:1.29.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:1.29.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:1.30.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: v1.30 and v1.29
Patches
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References
3- seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Feb/6nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/11nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96126nvd
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