CVE-2022-31064 — BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Users in meetings with private chat enabled are vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack in affected versions. The attack occurs when the attacker (with xss in the name) starts a chat. in the victim's client the Jav

01What is this vulnerability?

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Users in meetings with private chat enabled are vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack in affected versions. The attack occurs when the attacker (with xss in the name) starts a chat. in the victim's client the JavaScript will be executed. This issue has been addressed in version 2.4.8 and 2.5.0. There are no known workarounds for this…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
bigbluebutton	bigbluebutton	< 2.4.8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-06-27T19:50:14.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T17:53:58.466Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/15090
• github.com — https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-hwv2-5pf…
• github.com — https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/15067
• pentests.nl — https://pentests.nl/pentest-blog/stored-xss-in-bigbluebutton/
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/52
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167682/BigBlueButton-2.3-2.4.7-Cross-Site-S…