Parse Server stores password in plain text

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 4.5.0
• Patched version(s): 4.5.0

References

• GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2020-26288
• CWE-312
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A4
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Information disclosure in parse-server - CVE-2020-5251
• Parse Server has a password reset token single-use bypass via concurrent requests - CVE-2026-32943
• parse-server new anonymous user session acts as if it's created with password - CVE-2021-39138
• Parse Server has a NoSQL injection via token type in password reset and email verification endpoints - CVE-2026-30941

Tags:

npm

parse-server