Cross-site scripting in ZoneMinder - CVE-2019-6777
Published: January 24, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36189
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6777
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ZoneMinder.com
Affected software:
ZoneMinder
ZoneMinder
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in "web/skins/classic/views/plugin.php" due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the zm/index.php?view=plugin pl parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6777
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.