# CVE-2024-47183: Parse Server's custom object ID allows to acquire role privileges

- Also known as: GHSA-8XQ9-G7CH-35HG, BIT-PARSE-2024-47183
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.5.9, 7.3.0
- Published: 2024-10-04 · Updated: 2024-10-04

## Affected

- parse-community parse-server: fixed in 6.5.9; from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.3.0
- parse-server (npm): fixed in 6.5.9
- parse-server (npm): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.3.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parse-community parse-server, parse-server, upgrade to a fixed version (6.5.9, 7.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8xq9-g7ch-35hg
- 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

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