Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-31039

Medium

Published: 27 June 2022

Published
27 June 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.2th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-31039 is a medium-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Bigbluebutton Greenlight. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Greenlight is a simple front-end interface for your BigBlueButton server. In affected versions an attacker can view any room's settings even though they are not authorized to do so. Only the room owner and administrator should be able to view…

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a room's settings. This issue has been patched in release version 2.12.6.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

bigbluebutton
greenlight
≤ 2.12.6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

The small, testable reference monitor reduces the likelihood of incorrect authorization implementations.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

Certification evaluates whether authorization decisions are correctly implemented and enforced.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

Periodic review and documentation of connection needs reduces incorrect authorization.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Restricting who can perform changes helps ensure privileges are managed properly rather than assigned broadly.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Manages privileges by authorizing only approved personnel and supervising those lacking required authorizations for maintenance.

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