CVE-2022-29236

Medium

Description

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Starting in version 2.2 and prior to versions 2.3.18 and 2.4-rc-6, an attacker can circumvent access restrictions for drawing on the whiteboard. The permission check is inadvertently skipped on the server, due to a previously introduced grace period. The attacker must be a meeting participant. The problem has been patched in versions 2.3.18 and 2.4-rc-6. There are currently no known workarounds.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability59. percentile0.9%
ProductBigbluebutton
PublishedJun 2, 2022
First seenJun 2, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-285CWE-285

How to fix

Update
  • bigbluebutton bigbluebutton2.3.18 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
bigbluebutton bigbluebutton2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.3.18, 2.42.3.18

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