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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2025-68115 BIT-parse-2025-68115EUVD-2025-203485GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv

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

Published Dec 16, 2025 · Updated Dec 16, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server < 8.6.1, >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server < 8.6.1 8.6.1 GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3 9.1.0-alpha.3 GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv

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