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CVE-2020-26163

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26163 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting BigBlueButton Greenlight versions prior to 2.5.6, enabling HTTP header attacks via the Host and Origin headers. This flaw can lead to Account Takeover if a user clicks a spoofed password-reset link. The attack is network-based, low complexity, and requires user interaction, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for a complete account compromise warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:greenlight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / bigbluebutton/greenlight/pull/1543
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / bigbluebutton/greenlight/releases/tag/release-2.5.6
Third Party Advisory
sakshamanand.com / host-header-injection-bigbluebutton
ExploitThird Party Advisory