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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:04

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Improper session expiration in Parse Server

Details

Parse Server (npm package parse-server) broadcasts events to all clients without checking if the session token is valid. This allows clients with expired sessions to still receive subscription objects. It is not possible to create subscription objects with invalid session tokens. The issue is not patched.

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "parse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/parse"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "4.3.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-15270"
  ],
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      "cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Parse Server (npm package parse-server) broadcasts events to all clients without checking if the session token is valid. This allows clients with expired sessions to still receive subscription objects. It is not possible to create subscription objects with invalid session tokens. The issue is not patched.",
  "id": "BIT-parse-2020-15270",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:04:25.404Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "url": "https://npmjs.com/parse-server"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15270"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Improper session expiration in Parse Server"
}

CVE-2020-15270 (GCVE-0-2020-15270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-22 21:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:15

Title

Improper session expiration in Parse Server

Summary

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-672 - {"CWE-672":"Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release"}

Assigner

GitHub_M

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
	https://npmjs.com/parse-server	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	parse-community	parse-server	Affected: <= 4.3.0

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2020-15270 (GCVE-0-2020-15270)

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