CVE-2025-68115

Parse Server vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Unescaped Mustache Template Variables

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.3
EPSS: EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 12 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-12-16
Updated: 2025-12-16
Assigner: GitHub_M
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In versions prior to 8.6.1 and 9.1.0-alpha.3, a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Parse Server's password reset and email verification HTML pages. The patch, available in versions 8.6.1 and 9.1.0-alpha.3, escapes user controlled values that are inserted into the HTML pages. No known workarounds are available.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 4.0	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N	GitHub_M
CVSS 4.0	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X	NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Advisories

GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv — Parse Server has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via Unescaped Mustache Template Variables

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-203485
GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-68115

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* < 8.6.1
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:-:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha10:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha11:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.0.0:alpha9:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.1.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
parse-community · parse-server	affected < 8.6.1 ; affected >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD