Password stored in plain text

Overview

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

Upgrade to version 4.5.0 or later.

References

• GitHub Advisory
• CVE
• Fix Commit
• Release notes
• GitHub Advisory