CVE-2016-10204

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Zoneminder 1.30 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the limit parameter in a log query request to index.php.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	zoneminder	1.30.4+dfsg-1	—
Debian 13	zoneminder	1.30.4+dfsg-1	—
Debian 12	zoneminder	1.30.4+dfsg-1	—

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS	zoneminder	No fix yet	—

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

0xNullComet/CVE-2016-10204_Webshell ★ 2 · Nov 9, 2025

A bash script demonstrating the manual exploitation of CVE-2016-10204 against a target endpoint, leading to upload of a php webshell.
akash0x00/zoneminder-1.29-1.30-rce-exploit ★ 0 · Sep 20, 2026

Unauthenticated SQL injection to RCE exploit for ZoneMinder 1.29/1.30 (CVE-2016-10204, EDB-41239). Single-command SQLi to webshell to reverse shell PoC in Python.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

SQL injection vulnerability in Zoneminder 1.30 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the limit paramete…