CVE-2024-38518
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.31%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 21
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-284
Referencias
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/a9d436accdcd26ea66bed9f391488ac128cd62d1
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/ea6e9461dceae8fa593543d8c686f77bb8677e72
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/20279
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-4m48-49h7-f3c4
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/a9d436accdcd26ea66bed9f391488ac128cd62d1
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/ea6e9461dceae8fa593543d8c686f77bb8677e72
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/20279
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-4m48-49h7-f3c4
JSON original (NVD)
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