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Parse Server before v3.4.1 vulnerable to Denial of Service

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 12, 2019 in parse-community/parse-server • Updated Jan 8, 2023

Package

npm parse-server (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.4.1

Patched versions

3.4.1

Description

Impact

If a POST request is made to /parse/classes/_Audience (or other volatile class), any subsuquent POST requests result in an internal server error (500).

Patches

Afflicted installations will also have to remove the offending collection from their database.

Yes, patched in 3.4.1

Workarounds

Yes, user can apply: parse-community/parse-server@8709daf

References

Nothing other than this advisory at this time

For more information

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References

@acinader acinader published to parse-community/parse-server Jun 12, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 13, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 8, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-1020012

GHSA ID

GHSA-2479-qvv7-47qq
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