CVE-2022-36079

Parse Server vulnerable to brute force guessing of user sensitive data via search patterns

At a glance

Severity
HIGH 8.6
EPSS
EPSS 1.26 % · percentile 69 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Modified

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

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

Advisories

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
parse-community · parse-serveraffected < 4.10.14 ; affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.5

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD