CVE-2025-68115 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2025-68115

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

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

parse-community

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Affected Software

parse-server

Vulnerable Versions:

< 8.6.1, >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.0-alpha.3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 16th, 2025

Last Modified: December 16th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

T1059.007 JavaScript

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service

T1491.001 Defacement