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

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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.

Published: 2024-08-12 Last update: 2024-09-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-41884 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-41884

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-41884

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-01 0.26% 0.36% +0.09%
2 2025-11-21 0.25% 0.26% +0.02%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-41884

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 4.2 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-41884

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-41884

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2023-41884: 1 source package rows (zoneminder); 11 state rows across 3 repos (3.20-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 11. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-41884
debian unimportant CVE-2023-41884 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zoneminder), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-41884
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-41884 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zoneminder), 8 status rows across 8 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 6, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-41884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zoneminder zoneminder < 1.36.34 cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-41884

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