CVE-2020-27601

In BigBlueButton before 2.2.7, lockSettingsProps.disablePrivateChat does not apply to already opened chats. This occurs in bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/service.js.

Published: 2022-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-27601 is rated Low Risk (32.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.77%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-27601

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.22% 0.77% +0.55%
2 2025-10-05 0.32% 0.22% -0.10%
3 2025-10-04 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-27601

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.1 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-27601

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-27601

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bigbluebutton bigbluebutton < 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-27601

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