CVE-2022-36079
Parse Server vulnerable to brute force guessing of user sensitive data via search patterns
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Internal fields (keys used internally by Parse Server, prefixed by `_`) and protected fields (user defined) can be used as query constraints. Internal and protected fields are removed by Parse Server and are only returned to the client using a valid master key. However, using query constraints, these fields can be guessed by enumerating until Parse Server, prior to versions 4.10.14 or 5.2.5, returns a response object. The patch available in versions 4.10.14 and 5.2.5 requires the maser key to use internal and protected fields as query constraints. As a workaround, implement a Parse Cloud Trigger `beforeFind` and manually remove the query constraints.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
parse-community · parse-server
- affected < 4.10.14
- affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmparse-serverGHSA-2m6g-crv8-p3c6 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-2m6g-crv8-p3c6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8144 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/634c44acd18f6ee6ec60fac89a2b602d92799bec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/e39d51bd329cd978589983bd659db46e1d45aad4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.10.14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.2.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2m6g-crv8-p3c6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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