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CVE-2024-39309: ZDI-CAN-23894: Parse Server literalizeRegexPart SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. A vulnerability in versions prior to 6.5.7 and 7.1.0 allows SQL injection when Parse Server is configured to use the PostgreSQL database. The algorithm to detect SQL injection has been improved in versions 6.5.7 and 7.1.0. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

• Parse Community Parse Server: 6.5.7, 7.0.0, 7.1.0

References

• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/2edf1e4c0363af01e97a7fbc97694f851b7d1ff3
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/f332d54577608c5ad927255e06d8c694e2e0ff5b
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9167
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9168
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-c2hr-cqg6-8j6r
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/2edf1e4c0363af01e97a7fbc97694f851b7d1ff3
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/f332d54577608c5ad927255e06d8c694e2e0ff5b
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9167
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9168
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-c2hr-cqg6-8j6r

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