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CriticalPublic exploit

OS Command Injection in ZoneMinder v1.36.34 web/views/image.php

IdentifiersCVE-2025-65791CWE-78· Improper Neutralization of Special…

ZoneMinder v1.36.34 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the web interface component at web/views/image.php. The vulnerable code path passes attacker-controlled, unsanitized input directly into PHP’s exec() call without sufficient validation or shell escaping, allowing shell metacharacters (e.g., ;, |, backticks, $(...)) to alter the intended command line and execute arbitrary operating system commands. The issue is remotely reachable over HTTP and is described as exploitable without authentication or user interaction, resulting in command execution in the security context of the web server process (commonly www-data).

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Impact

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Successful exploitation enables remote execution of arbitrary OS commands on the ZoneMinder host with the privileges of the web application/web server user. This can lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (consistent with CVSS v3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), including data theft, installation of backdoors, modification/destruction of surveillance data, and potential full host takeover if chained with local privilege escalation or if the service runs with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

Restrict network access to the ZoneMinder web interface to trusted IPs/management networks; deploy WAF rules to detect/block command-injection patterns; monitor and audit web access logs for requests to /web/views/image.php containing shell metacharacters; isolate the ZoneMinder server from sensitive segments; run the service with minimal privileges and consider containerization/sandboxing to reduce blast radius; where feasible, disable dangerous PHP functions (e.g., exec(), shell_exec(), system()) if not required by the deployment.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

No official vendor patch information is available in the provided content/CVE data. Remediation would require updating to a vendor-fixed release once available and/or applying a code-level fix in web/views/image.php to avoid invoking a shell with attacker-controlled input (e.g., remove exec() usage for this path, strictly validate/whitelist inputs, and ensure proper escaping/parameterization where command execution is unavoidable).
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No valid public exploits. Mallory filtered out 1 candidate as fakes, detection scripts, or README-only repos.

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EXPOSURE SURFACE

Affected products & vendors

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ZoneminderZoneminderapplication

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

5 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Social activity3

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EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2025-65791
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65791
MITRE CWE · CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements…
Third Party Advisory
github.com/rishavand1/CVE-2025-65791