CVE-2024-38518 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-38518: bbb-web API additional parameters considered

Vendor Bigbluebutton
Product bigbluebutton
Weakness CWE-284
Published June 28, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

4.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. An attacker with a valid join link to a meeting can trick BigBlueButton into generating a signed join link with additional parameters. One of those parameters may be "role=moderator", allowing an attacker to join a meeting as moderator using a join link that was originally created for viewer access. This vulnerability has been patched in version(s) 2.6.18, 2.7.8 and 3.0.0-alpha.7.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 28, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated