CVE-2023-22474

Parse Server is vulnerable to authentication bypass via spoofing

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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`.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-12-29 CVE Reserved
2023-02-03 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-vm5r-c87r-pf6x	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/e016d813e083ce6828f9abce245d15b681a224d8	2023-02-10

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Parseplatform Search vendor "Parseplatform"		Parse-server Search vendor "Parseplatform" for product "Parse-server"				< 5.4.1 Search vendor "Parseplatform" for product "Parse-server" and version " < 5.4.1"		node.js		Affected