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FKIE_CVE-2025-68115

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-16 01:15 - Updated: 2026-01-02 16:49

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9985	Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9986	Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
parseplatform	parse-server	*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.0.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.1.0
parseplatform	parse-server	9.1.0

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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

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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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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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