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Parse Server crashes with query parameter

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 2, 2021 in parse-community/parse-server • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

npm parse-server (npm)

Affected versions

< 4.10.3

Patched versions

4.10.3

Description

Impact

Parse Server crashes when if a query request contains an invalid value for the explain option. This is due to a bug in the MongoDB Node.js driver which throws an exception that Parse Server cannot catch.

Patches

Upgrade to Parse Server 4.10.3

References

@mtrezza mtrezza published to parse-community/parse-server Sep 2, 2021
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 2, 2021
Reviewed Sep 2, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 2, 2021
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.234%
(61st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-39187

GHSA ID

GHSA-xqp8-w826-hh6x

Source code

Credits

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