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GHSA-wvh7-5p38-2qfc — parse

Fix: parse-community/Parse-SDK-JS@d110617

GHSA-wvh7-5p38-2qfc is a security vulnerability in parse. A fix is available for parse — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Storing Password in Local Storage

Published
Jul 23, 2020
Updated
Sep 22, 2021
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 22, 2021 · OSV.dev, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

395other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
parsenpm
106Kdownloads / week

Description

The setPassword method (http://parseplatform.org/Parse-SDK-JS/api/2.9.1/Parse.User.html#setPassword) stores the user's password in localStorage as raw text making it vulnerable to anyone with access to your localStorage. We believe this is the only time that password is stored at all. In the documentation under Users > Signing Up, it clearly states, "We never store passwords in plaintext, nor will we ever transmit passwords back to the client in plaintext."

Example Code:

async () => {
    const user = Parse.User.current()
    if (user) {
        user.setPassword('newpass')
        await user.save()
    }
}

After running the above code, the new password will be stored in localStorage as a property named "password".

Proposed Solution: Before saving anything to localStorage, Parse should strip out any properties named "password" that are attempting to be stored with a Parse.User type object.

Configuration: Parse SDK: 2.9.1 Parse Server: 3.9.0

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmparseall versions2.10.0npm install parse@2.10.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for parse, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update parse to 2.10.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-wvh7-5p38-2qfc is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-wvh7-5p38-2qfc can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-wvh7-5p38-2qfc. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

The `setPassword` method (http://parseplatform.org/Parse-SDK-JS/api/2.9.1/Parse.User.html#setPassword) stores the user's password in localStorage as raw text making it vulnerable to anyone with access to your localStorage. We believe this is the only time that password is stored at all. In the documentation under Users > Signing Up, it clearly states, "We never store passwords in plaintext, nor will we ever transmit passwords back to the client in plaintext." Example Code: ```js async () => { const user = Parse.User.current() if (user) { user.setPassword('newpass') awa
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