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TI-2023-15965 Aliases CVE-2023-32689GHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9

Parse Server vulnerable to phishing attack vulnerability that involves uploading malicious HTML file

Priority LOW 30CWE-434Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Versions prior to 5.4.4 and 6.1.1 are vulnerable to a phishing attack vulnerability that involves a user uploading malicious files. A malicious user could upload an HTML file to Parse Server via its public API. That HTML file would then be accessible at the internet domain at which Parse Server is hosted. The URL of the the uploaded HTML could be shared for phishing attacks. The HTML page may seem legitimate because it is served under the internet domain where Parse Server is hosted, which may be the same as a company's official website domain. An additional security issue arises when the Parse JavaScript SDK is used. The SDK stores sessions in the internet browser's local storage, which usually restricts data access depending on the internet domain. A malicious HTML file could contain a script that retrieves the user's session token from local storage and then share it with the attacker. The fix included in versions 5.4.4 and 6.1.1 adds a new Parse Server option `fileUpload.fileExtensions` to restrict file upload on Parse Server by file extension. It is recommended to restrict file upload for HTML file extensions, which this fix disables by default. If an app requires upload of files with HTML file extensions, the option can be set to `['.*']` or another custom value to override the default.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00639 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed parse-server (parse-community): 5.4.4, 6.1.1parse-server (npm): 5.4.4, 6.1.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
parse-communityparse-serverbefore 5.4.4; 6.0.0 to before 6.1.15.4.4, 6.1.1Patch availableCNA
—parse-server (npm)before 5.4.45.4.4Patch availableGHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9
—parse-server (npm)6.0.0 to before 6.1.16.1.1Patch availableGHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9
  • parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 5.4.4; 6.0.0 to before 6.1.1 Fixed in 5.4.4, 6.1.1 Patch available CNA
  • parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected before 5.4.4 Fixed in 5.4.4 Patch available GHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9
  • parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.1.1 Fixed in 6.1.1 Patch available GHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 5.4.4; 6.0.0 to before 6.1.1Vulnerableparse-community
  • cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 5.4.4; 6.0.0 to before 6.1.1 Vulnerable ·parse-community

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 5.4.4, 6.1.1
  • Fix · GHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9 parse-server (npm) Fixed in 5.4.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9 parse-server (npm) Fixed in 6.1.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-32689
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9prm-jqwx-45x9
  3. 2026-10-24 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2022-08574 Command Injection in Parse server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-18136 Parse Server literalizeRegexPart SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2022-18768 Parse Server vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via prototype pollution in MongoDB BSON parser CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-31550 Parse Server's custom object ID allows to acquire role privileges CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-18316 Parse Server vulnerable to remote code execution via MongoDB BSON parser through prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-23790 Parse Server session token exfiltration via `redirectClassNameForKey` query parameter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
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