CVE-2022-31112 Protected fields exposed via LiveQuery in parse-server

What is CVE-2022-31112?

CVE-2022-31112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Parseplatform Parse-Server, published on 30 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In affected versions parse Server LiveQuery does not remove protected fields in classes, passing them to the client. The LiveQueryController now removes protected fields from the client response. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable t upgrade should use `Parse.Cloud.afterLiveQueryEvent` to manually remove protected fields.

Weakness: CWE-212, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31112?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including parse-server and parse. It affects 1 product.

Products include Parseplatform Parse-Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31112?

Upgrade parse-server to a fixed version for your release line: 4.10.13 or 5.2.4.

Is CVE-2022-31112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-parse-2022-31112, GHSA-crrq-vr9j-fxxh.