parse-community parse-server up to 4.9.x code download

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in parse-community parse-server up to 4.9.x. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to code download. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-47987. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in parse-community parse-server up to 4.9.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code download vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-494. The product downloads source code or an executable from a remote location and executes the code without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Parse Server before 4.10.0 was affected by a supply chain incident in which incorrect version tags were pushed to the official repository pointing to an unreviewed personal fork of a contributor with write access. No releases were published with these tags; a project was exposed only if it defined a git-based dependency referencing one of the affected tags (for example, parse-server#4.9.3). The code behind the tags was not reviewed or approved, and although no malicious code was identified, the introduction of security vulnerabilities could not be ruled out.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-47987 since 06/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1495.

Upgrading to version 4.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• parse-community

Name

• parse-server

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.9

Website

• Product: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/

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