Improper Authentication Affecting parse-server package, versions <7.5.2>=8.0.0 <8.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PARSESERVER-9510932
  • published23 Mar 2025
  • disclosed21 Mar 2025
  • credittiaod

Introduced: 21 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-30168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade parse-server to version 7.5.2, 8.0.2 or higher.

Overview

parse-server is a version of the Parse backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to the improper handling of authentication credentials across multiple applications. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to authenticate using credentials from one application in another unrelated application by leveraging shared authentication providers.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1