CVE-2023-22474
Parse Server is vulnerable to authentication bypass via spoofing
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.66 % · percentile 52 ()
- 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. Parse Server uses the request header `x-forwarded-for` to determine the client IP address. If Parse Server doesn't run behind a proxy server, then a client can set this header and Parse Server will trust the value of the header. The incorrect client IP address will be used by various features in Parse Server. This allows to circumvent the security mechanism of the Parse Server option `masterKeyIps` by setting an allowed IP address as the `x-forwarded-for` header value. This issue has been patched in version 5.4.1. The mechanism to determine the client IP address has been rewritten. The correct IP address determination now requires to set the Parse Server option `trustProxy`.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-vm5r-c87r-pf6x — Parse Server option `masterKeyIps` vulnerability to IP spoofing
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-0561
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-22474
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 5.4.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| parse-community · parse-server | affected < 5.4.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |