CVE-2023-36475
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 5.5.2 and 6.2.1, an attacker can use a prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser. A patch is available in versions 5.5.2 and 6.2.1.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.2% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-1321 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2023-06-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| parseplatform | parse-server |
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/3dd99dd80e27e5e1d99b42844180546d90c7aa90
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5fad2928fb8ee17304abcdcf259932f827d8c81f
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8674
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8675
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.5.2
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.2.1
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/3dd99dd80e27e5e1d99b42844180546d90c7aa90
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5fad2928fb8ee17304abcdcf259932f827d8c81f
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8674
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8675
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.5.2
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.2.1
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6
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