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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2025-12-18 11:46

Modified

2026-01-08 18:07

Summary

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

Details

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, 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, escapes user controlled values that are inserted into the HTML pages. No known workarounds are available.

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{
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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "parse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/parse"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.6.1"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "9.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "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",
          "type": "CVSS_V4"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-68115"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "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, a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Parse Server\u0027s password reset and email verification HTML pages. The patch, available in versions 8.6.1 and 9.1.0, escapes user controlled values that are inserted into the HTML pages. No known workarounds are available.",
  "id": "BIT-parse-2025-68115",
  "modified": "2026-01-08T18:07:34.629Z",
  "published": "2025-12-18T11:46:17.211Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9985"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9986"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68115"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Parse Server vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Unescaped Mustache Template Variables"
}

CVE-2025-68115 (GCVE-0-2025-68115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 00:56 – Updated: 2025-12-16 21:20

Title

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

Summary

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.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          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

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/s…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/p…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/p…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	parse-community	parse-server	Affected: < 8.6.1 Affected: >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-68115 (GCVE-0-2025-68115)

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