How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability in real deployments?

Exploitability depends on how heavily your application relies on `protectedFields` to guard sensitive data and how much query freedom clients have. Any environment where untrusted clients can issue or influence where/sort parameters against classes with protected fields is potentially exposed.

Does an attacker need elevated privileges to exploit this?

Not necessarily. The attacker typically needs only the level of access required to query the affected classes (for example, a standard authenticated user or even an anonymous client, depending on your CLPs). They do not need administrative or server-level access—just the ability to send crafted queries.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Ensure that access control checks treat field paths holistically: normalize dot-notation and nested fields to their root protected field and apply `protectedFields` consistently to any descendant. Combine this with stricter CLPs and, where possible, limit which fields are queryable or sortable by each role.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

Authorization Bypass via Protected Field Dot-Notation (CWE-284) in Parse Server CLPs

CVE-2026-31872

Published:

Mar 11, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-918

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.6)

Server-Side Request Forgery (CWE-918) in OpenClaw Zalo Plugin sendPhoto

Unauthorized Access to Internal Resources via SSRF

May 6, 2026

CWE-863

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.8)

Authorization Bypass (CWE-863) in OpenClaw Matrix Room Control Commands

Privilege Escalation via Bypassed Access Control

May 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Authorization Bypass / Access Control Misconfiguration

CWE:

CWE-284

Impact:

Unauthorized Information Disclosure of Protected Fields

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Authorization Bypass / Access Control Misconfiguration

CWE:

CWE-284

Impact:

Unauthorized Information Disclosure of Protected Fields

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.

Get Started

Ship clean & secure code faster

Start Free Trial

Get Pentest Report

Ship clean & secure code faster

Start Free Trial

Get Pentest Report

Ship clean & secure code faster

Start Free Trial

Get Pentest Report

CodeAnt AI is an offensive and defensive security platform.

Defensive + offensive security.

From first line of code to a pentest
that knows every line of it.

SOC 2 Type II certified | CodeAnt AI is independently audited and compliant with SOC 2 Type II security standards

Ask AI for summary of CodeAnt

Defensive + offensive security.

From first line of code to a pentest
that knows every line of it.

Ask AI for summary of CodeAnt

Defensive + offensive security.

From first line of code to a pentest
that knows every line of it.

Ask AI for summary of CodeAnt

Authorization Bypass via Protected Field Dot-Notation (CWE-284) in Parse Server CLPs

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.6)

Server-Side Request Forgery (CWE-918) in OpenClaw Zalo Plugin sendPhoto

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.8)

Authorization Bypass (CWE-863) in OpenClaw Matrix Room Control Commands

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Ship clean & secure code faster

Ship clean & secure code faster

Ship clean & secure code faster

Product

Compare

Company

Developers

Legal

Product

Compare

Company

Developers

Legal

Product

Compare

Company

Developers

Legal