Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-54547
Meta Ads MCP: X-Pipeboard-Token Header Auth Bypass Reuses Operator Meta Token
Official description
Meta Ads MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants run Meta Ads. Prior to version 1.0.115, AuthInjectionMiddleware in meta_ads_mcp/core/http_auth_integration.py rejects HTTP MCP requests only when both auth_token and pipeboard_token are absent, while extract_token_from_headers() does not recognize X-Pipeboard-Token as a primary credential. A network caller using the streamable-http transport can therefore send any X-Pipeboard-Token value, pass the guard without establishing authentication context, and cause get_auth_token() to fall back to the server operator's META_ACCESS_TOKEN. Subsequent MCP tools execute with the operator's Meta credentials and can read or modify the operator's Meta Ads data. Deployments using the default stdio transport or without META_ACCESS_TOKEN are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.115.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pipeboard-co | meta-ads-mcp | < 1.0.115 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
4- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/pull/137 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/commit/95e852793b7ff8604a8132e85d5facd08c91a36e x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/releases/tag/1.0.115 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-2v2f-mvfg-ph56 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Details
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- Last updated
- 2026-09-17
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-287Improper Authentication