Individual poll response disclosure via early subscription
Published Dec 16, 2022 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
Information disclosure in BigBlueButton 2.4 release candidates allows remote authenticated users to read individual anonymous poll responses. The bbb-html5 poll-result publisher accepted an early subscription and failed to filter individual responses according to the server-side poll type. Presenter privileges and creation of an anonymous poll are required; exposure is limited to individual participant responses.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in BigBlueButton 2.4 release candidates allows remote authenticated users to read individual anonymous poll responses. The bbb-html5 poll-result publisher accepted an early subscription and failed to filter individual responses according to the server-side poll type. Presenter privileges and creation of an anonymous poll are required; exposure is limited to individual participant responses.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-41964
- Published
- Dec 16, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- BigBlueButton Inc.
- Product
- BigBlueButton
- Classifications
- CWE-200
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 2.4-alpha-1, < 2.4.0
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