CVE-2020-5251 (GCVE-0-2020-5251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-04 15:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Information disclosure in parse-server
Summary
In parser-server before version 4.1.0, you can fetch all the users objects, by using regex in the NoSQL query. Using the NoSQL, you can use a regex on sessionToken and find valid accounts this way.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/s… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/c… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| parse-community | parse-server |
Affected:
< 4.1.0
|
guessed |
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