CVE-2022-39396 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-39396: Parse Server vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via prototype pollution in MongoDB BSON parser

Vendor Parse-Community
Product parse-server
Weakness CWE-1321
Published November 10, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Versions prior to 4.10.18, and prior to 5.3.1 on the 5.X branch, are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via prototype pollution. An attacker can use this prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser. This issue is patched in version 5.3.1 and in 4.10.18. There are no known workarounds.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 10, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated