Greenlight in BigBlueButton through 2.2.28 places usernames in room URLs, which may…
Priority LOW 21CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Greenlight in BigBlueButton through 2.2.28 places usernames in room URLs, which may represent an unintended information leak to users in a room, or an information leak to outsiders if any user publishes a screenshot of a browser window.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00681 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2.2.28 | Vulnerable | bigbluebutton |
- cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2.28 Vulnerable ·bigbluebutton
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27612
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-749r-88fw-9fjh
References
More Bigbluebutton vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-21873 BigBlueButton: Exposed ClamAV port enables Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-38047 BigBlueButton vulnerable to Chat DoS via invalid reactionEmojiId CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-38046 BigBlueButton vulnerable to DoS via PollSubmitVote GraphQL mutation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-13109 Cross site scripting in username that will trigger by sending chat CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-09954 BigBlueButton before 2.2.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files because the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-16722 BigBlueButton through 2.2.28 uses Ghostscript for processing of uploaded EPS documents… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-27612 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-27612 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-749r-88fw-9fjh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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