What is CVE-2023-22474?

CVE-2023-22474 is a high-severity vulnerability in Parse-community Parse-server, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2023-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-22474?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Parse-community Parse-server

CVE-2023-22474

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Parse Server uses the request header `x-forwarded-for` to determine the client IP address. If Parse Server doesn't run behind a proxy s…

EPSS: 0.003 (49.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Parse-community Parse-server — versions < 5.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-vm5r-c87r-pf6x (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/e016d813e083ce6828f9abce245d15b681a224d8 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22474?: CVE-2023-22474 is a high-severity vulnerability in Parse-community Parse-server, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2023-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-22474?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.