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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 00:56 – Updated: 2025-12-16 21:20
VLAI
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-16 21:15 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7909 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
parse-community parse-server Affected: < 8.6.1
Affected: >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3
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