# CVE-2022-23488: BigBlueButton vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

> Attackers can view viewers' webcams despite moderator-only lock settings due to missing backend authorization checks in BigBlueButton.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j5g3-f74q-rvfq

## What is CVE-2022-23488?

CVE-2022-23488 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in bigbluebutton, published on 17 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Versions prior to 2.4-rc-6 are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data. The moderators-only webcams lock setting is not enforced on the backend, which allows an attacker to subscribe to viewers' webcams, even when the lock setting is applied. (The required streamId was being sent to all users even with lock setting applied). This issue is fixed in version 2.4-rc-6.  There are no workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23488?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bigbluebutton Bigbluebutton.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in bigbluebutton

- [CVE-2020-27602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27602/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27605/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12443/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27613](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27613/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-4143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4143/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23488 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in bigbluebutton, published on 17 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bigbluebutton. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23488

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23488/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.