Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 5.5.2 and 6.2.1, an attacker can use a prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser. A patch is available in versions 5.5.2 and 6.2.1.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-36475

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

Affected Products

Vendor: parse-community

Product: parse-server

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 14.4% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 95.77% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8674
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8675
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/3dd99dd80e27e5e1d99b42844180546d90c7aa90
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5fad2928fb8ee17304abcdcf259932f827d8c81f
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.5.2
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.2.1

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