# CVE-2024-27298: Parse Server literalizeRegexPart SQL Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-6927-3VR9-FXF2, BIT-PARSE-2024-27298
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.5.0, 7.0.0-alpha.20
- Published: 2024-03-01 · Updated: 2024-08-22

## Affected

- parse-community parse-server: fixed in 6.5.0; from 7.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 7.0.0-alpha.20
- parse-server (npm): fixed in 6.5.0
- parse-server (npm): from 7.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 7.0.0-alpha.20

## Description

parse-server is a Parse Server for Node.js / Express. This vulnerability allows SQL injection when Parse Server is configured to use the PostgreSQL database. The vulnerability has been fixed in 6.5.0 and 7.0.0-alpha.20.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parse-community parse-server, parse-server, upgrade to a fixed version (6.5.0, 7.0.0-alpha.20) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6927-3vr9-fxf2
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/a6e654943536932904a69b51e513507fcf90a504
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/cbefe770a7260b54748a058b8a7389937dc35833
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.5.0
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/7.0.0-alpha.20

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