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title: "CVE-2019-6992\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-6992

Publication date 28 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6992?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A stored-self XSS exists in web/skins/classic/views/controlcaps.php of
ZoneMinder through 1.32.3, allowing an attacker to execute HTML or
JavaScript code in a vulnerable field via a long NAME or PROTOCOL to the
index.php?view=controlcaps URI.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| zoneminder | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Fixed 1.32.3-2 |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.29.0+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6992?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| zoneminder | * Upstream:   [8c5687c](https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/8c5687ca308e441742725e0aff9075779fa1a498) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6992)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6992)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-6992)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6992)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-5889-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5889-1)
+ ZoneMinder vulnerabilities
+ 27 February 2023

### Other references

* <https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/8c5687ca308e441742725e0aff9075779fa1a498>
* <https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/issues/2445>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6992>