Vulnerability · Published Dec 30, 2020 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2020-26288Parse Server stores password in plain text

High 7.7

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in parse-server from parse-community. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package "parse-server". In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	parse-server	4.5.0	GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
parse-community	parse-server	< 4.5.0

Weakness: CWE-312 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server x_refsource_MISC