parse-server new anonymous user session acts as if it's created with password

Description

Developers that use the REST API to signup users and also allow users to login anonymously. When an anonymous user is first signed up using REST, the server creates session incorrectly, particularly the authProvider field in _Session class under createdWith shows the user logged in creating a password.

Recommendation

Update the parse-server package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 4.5.2
• Patched version(s): 4.5.2

References

• GHSA-23r4-5mxp-c7g5
• CVE-2021-39138
• CWE-287
• CWE-863
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A7

Related Issues

• GraphQL: Security breach on Viewer query - CVE-2020-15126
• Parse Server is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Instagram OAuth Adapter - CVE-2025-68150
• Parse Server before v3.4.1 vulnerable to Denial of Service - CVE-2019-1020012
• Signal K Server Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Malicious npm Package - CVE-2025-68619

Tags:

npm

parse-server