CVE-2025-61601 (GCVE-0-2025-61601)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-09 20:29 – Updated: 2025-10-15 19:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
BigBlueButton vulnerable to DoS via PollSubmitVote GraphQL mutation
Summary
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in versions prior to 3.0.13 allows any authenticated user to freeze or crash the entire server by abusing the polling feature's `Choices` response type. By submitting a malicious payload with a massive array in the `answerIds` field, the attacker can cause the current meeting — and potentially all meetings on the server — to become unresponsive. Version 3.0.13 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-15 19:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/se… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pu… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwROSVIYjOY | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bigbluebutton | bigbluebutton |
Affected:
< 3.0.13
|
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