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.
CVSS Metrics
- 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- passive
- Confidentiality
- undefined
- Integrity
- undefined
- Availability
- undefined
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- PARSEPLATFORM
- Published
- 12/16/2025
- Last Modified
- 1/2/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
parseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-serverparseplatform : parse-server
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