CVE-2025-61602
BigBlueButton vulnerable to Chat DoS via invalid reactionEmojiId
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 crash the chat functionality for all participants in a meeting by sending a malformed reactionEmojiId in the GraphQL mutation chatSendMessageReaction. Version 3.0.13 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
BigBlueButton vulnerable to Chat DoS via invalid reactionEmojiId
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 crash the chat functionality for all participants in a meeting by sending a malformed reactionEmojiId in the GraphQL mutation chatSendMessageReaction. Version 3.0.13 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2025-61602- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-703
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-33560
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 crash the chat functionality for all participants in a meeting by sending a malformed reactionEmojiId in the GraphQL mutation chatSendMessageReaction. Version 3.0.13 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
EUVD-2025-33560- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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 crash the chat functionality for all participants in a meeting by sending a malformed reactionEmojiId in the GraphQL mutation chatSendMessageReaction. Version 3.0.13 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2025-61602- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-703
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
BigBlueButton vulnerable to Chat DoS via invalid reactionEmojiId
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 crash the chat functionality for all participants in a meeting by sending a malformed reactionEmojiId in the GraphQL mutation chatSendMessageReaction. Version 3.0.13 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2025-61602- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-703
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-61602 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Bigbluebutton, published October 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.