{"cve":"CVE-2020-26288","nvd":{"published":"2020-12-30T20:15:15.267","modified":"2026-06-17T03:08:00.353","status":"Modified","description":"Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package \"parse-server\". 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-312"],"references":["https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a","https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0","https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3","https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server","https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a"],"products":["parseplatform:parse-server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:12:09.559580076+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-26288","score":0.00806,"percentile":0.56799,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3","summary":"Parse Server stores password in plain text","modified":"2026-09-10T03:48:59.822763988Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"parse-server","purl":"pkg:npm/parse-server","ranges":["<4.5.0"],"fixed":["4.5.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}