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GHSA-6r2j-cxgf-495f

Parse Server vulnerable to session token exfiltration via `redirectClassNameForKey` query parameter

Details

### Impact

A vulnerability in Parse Server's query handling allows an authenticated or unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate session tokens of other users by exploiting the `redirectClassNameForKey` query parameter. Exfiltrated session tokens can be used to take over user accounts.

The vulnerability requires the attacker to be able to create or update an object with a new relation field, which depends on the Class-Level Permissions of at least one class.

### Patches

The fix applies the same security checks that normally protect class access after the query redirect, ensuring that queries redirected via `redirectClassNameForKey` are subject to the same restrictions as direct queries to the target class.

### Workarounds

Set restrictive Class-Level Permissions to prevent clients from creating new fields on classes, specifically by disabling `addField` for public access and unauthenticated users. Note that this limits client functionality and does not fully eliminate the risk if a relation field pointing to a protected class already exists in the schema.

### References

- GitHub security advisory: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6r2j-cxgf-495f - Fix Parse Server 9: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.2-alpha.8 - Fix Parse Server 8: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.21

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Affected packages

npm / parse-server
Introduced in: 9.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 9.5.2-alpha.8
Fix npm install parse-server@9.5.2-alpha.8
npm / parse-server
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 8.6.21
Fix npm install parse-server@8.6.21

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