Vulnerability CVE-2023-42803


Published: 2023-10-30

Description:
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. BigBlueButton prior to version 2.6.0-beta.2 is vulnerable to unrestricted file upload, where the insertDocument API call does not validate the given file extension before saving the file, and does not remove it in case of validation failures. BigBlueButton 2.6.0-beta.2 contains a patch. There are no known workarounds.

Type:

CWE-434

(Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

 References:
https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/15990
https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-w98f-6x8w-xhjc

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