Description
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. BigBlueButton prior to version 2.6.0-beta.1 has a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker with a valid starting folder path, to traverse and read other files without authentication, assuming the files have certain extensions (txt, swf, svg, png). In version 2.6.0-beta.1, input validation was added on the parameters being passed and dangerous characters are stripped. There are no known workarounds.
Published: 2023-10-30
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-47231 BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. BigBlueButton prior to version 2.6.0-beta.1 has a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker with a valid starting folder path, to traverse and read other files without authentication, assuming the files have certain extensions (txt, swf, svg, png). In version 2.6.0-beta.1, input validation was added on the parameters being passed and dangerous characters are stripped. There are no known workarounds.
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Bigbluebutton Bigbluebutton
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-05T20:23:14.540Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T16:13:33.306Z

Link: CVE-2023-42804

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:24.724Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-30T19:15:08.037

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:23:11.483

Link: CVE-2023-42804

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