Vulnerability · Published Mar 21, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-30168Parse Server has an OAuth login vulnerability
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity improper authentication 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 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 7.5.2 and 8.0.2, the 3rd party authentication handling of Parse Server allows the authentication credentials of some specific authentication providers to be used across multiple Parse Server apps. For example, if a user signed up using the same authentication provider in two unrelated Parse Server apps, the credentials stored by one app can be used to authenticate the same user in the other app. Note that this only affects Parse Server apps that specifically use an affected 3rd party authentication provider for user authentication, for example by setting the Parse Server option auth to configure a Parse Server authentication adapter. The fix of this vulnerability requires to upgrade Parse Server to a version that includes the bug fix, as well as upgrade the client app to send a secure payload, which is different from the previous insecure payload. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.2 and 8.0.2.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | parse-server | 7.5.2 | GHSA-837q-jhwx-cmpv |
| npm | parse-server | 8.0.2 | GHSA-837q-jhwx-cmpv |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| parse-community | parse-server | < 7.5.2>= 8.0.0 ,< 8.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-837q-jhwx-cmpv x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9667 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9668 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/2ff9c71030bce3aada0a00fbceedeb7ae2c8a41e x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5ef0440c8e763854e62341acaeb6dc4ade3ba82f x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/#oauth-and-3rd-party-authentication x_refsource_MISC