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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.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-16T00:56:23.452Z","modified":"2025-12-16T21:20:24.376Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:35.742256Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-203485","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-16T00:56:23Z","modified":"2025-12-16T21:20:24Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"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","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:49:04.015486Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv","title":"Parse Server has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via Unescaped Mustache Template Variables","description":"## Impact\n\nA Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Parse Server's password reset and email verification HTML pages.\n\n## Patches\n\nThe patch escapes user controlled values that are inserted into the HTML pages.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nNone.\n\n## Resources\n\n- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jhgf-2h8h-ggxv\n- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9985\n- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9986","status":"published","published":"2025-12-16T19:36:37Z","modified":"2025-12-16T19:36:38Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:13.204325Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-68115","description":"Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. 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