Parse Server's custom object ID allows to acquire role privileges
Priority HIGH 70CWE-285Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. If the Parse Server option allowCustomObjectId: true is set, an attacker that is allowed to create a new user can set a custom object ID for that new user that exploits the vulnerability and acquires privileges of a specific role. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.5.9 and 7.3.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00416 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed parse-server (parse-community): 6.5.9, 7.3.0parse-server (npm): 6.5.9, 7.3.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| parse-community | parse-server | before 6.5.9; 7.0.0 to before 7.3.0 | 6.5.9, 7.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | parse-server (npm) | before 6.5.9 | 6.5.9 | Patch available | GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg |
| — | parse-server (npm) | 7.0.0 to before 7.3.0 | 7.3.0 | Patch available | GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg |
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 6.5.9; 7.0.0 to before 7.3.0 Fixed in 6.5.9, 7.3.0 Patch available CNA
- parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected before 6.5.9 Fixed in 6.5.9 Patch available GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg
- parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.3.0 Fixed in 7.3.0 Patch available GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 6.5.9; 7.0.0 to before 7.3.0 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 6.5.9; 7.0.0 to before 7.3.0 Vulnerable ·parse-community
Remediation
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 6.5.9, 7.3.0
- Fix · GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg parse-server (npm) Fixed in 6.5.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg parse-server (npm) Fixed in 7.3.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-47183
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg
References
Patch 4
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9317
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9318
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/13ee52f0d19ef3a3524b3d79aea100e587eb3cfc
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/1bfbccf9ee7ea77533b2b2aa7c4c69f3bd35e66f
Advisory 2
More parse-community Parse-server vulnerabilities
- 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-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
- TI-2026-24777 Parse Server: Account takeover via operator injection in authentication data identifier CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-47183 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-47183 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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