CVE-2022-41962 LOW

CVE-2022-41962: BigBlueButton contains Incorrect Authorization for setting emoji status

Vendor Bigbluebutton
Product bigbluebutton
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published December 16, 2022
Last update April 17, 2025
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CVSS base score

2.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2022 CVE published
April 17, 2025 Record updated