CVE-2023-7296 (GCVE-0-2023-7296)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 07:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:56
VLAI?
Title
BigBlueButton <= 3.0.0-beta.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The BigBlueButton plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the moderator code and viewer code fields in versions up to, and including, 3.0.0-beta.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author privileges or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
blindsidenetworks BigBlueButton Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.0.0-beta.4 (semver)
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Credits
Marco Wotschka
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