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CVE-2023-42803

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42803 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability affecting BigBlueButton versions prior to 2.6.0-beta.2. The insertDocument API call fails to validate file extensions, allowing attackers to upload arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling remote attackers with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known exploit code or active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:2.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:2.6.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:2.6.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:2.6.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/15990
Third Party Advisory
github.com / bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-w98f-6x8w-xhjc
Third Party Advisory