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CVE-2022-41962

LOW severity · CVSS 2.7 · Incorrect authorization
2.7CVSS LOW

Summary

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Versions prior to 2.4-rc-6, and 2.5-alpha-1 contain Incorrect Authorization for setting emoji status. A user with moderator rights can use the clear status feature to set any emoji status for other users. Moderators should only be able to set none as the status of other users. This issue is patched in 2.4-rc-6 and 2.5-alpha-1There are no workarounds.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-88qf-33qm-9mm7 ↗