CVE-2022-41879

Parse Server subject to Prototype pollution via Cloud Code Webhooks

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: Nov 10, 2022
Updated: Apr 23, 2025
Reserved: Sep 30, 2022

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In versions prior to 5.3.3 or 4.10.20, a compromised Parse Server Cloud Code Webhook target endpoint allows an attacker to use prototype pollution to bypass the Parse Server `requestKeywordDenylist` option. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.3 and 4.10.20. There are no known workarounds.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
parse-serverparse-community	< 4.10.20Affected >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.3Affected

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-93vw-8fm5-p2jf

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