Medium 5.3Published Dec 15, 2025

CVE-2025-68115Parse Server vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Unescaped Mustache Template Variables

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:10 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Dec 16, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

parse-community parse-server parse_community:parse_server (from the name)	before 8.6.1; from 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3	CNA record
parseplatform parse-server parseplatform:parse-server	before 8.6.1; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; and 7 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9985	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9986	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch

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