Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2026-30948 json

Parse Server has stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via SVG file upload

published 2026-03-10 8 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-parse-2026-30948 , EUVD-2026-10866 , GHSA-hcj7-6gxh-24ww

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.2-alpha.4 and 8.6.17, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows any authenticated user to upload an SVG file containing JavaScript. The file is served inline with Content-Type: image/svg+xml and without protective headers, causing the browser to execute embedded scripts in the Parse Server origin. This can be exploited to steal session tokens from localStorage and achieve account takeover. The default fileExtensions option blocks HTML file extensions but does not block SVG, which is a well-known XSS vector. All Parse Server deployments where file upload is enabled for authenticated users (the default) are affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.4 and 8.6.17.

Patch / fix

  • npm parse-server 8.6.17, 9.5.2-alpha.4
  • bitnami parse 8.6.17, 9.5.2
  • parseplatform parse-server 8.6.17, 9.5.2-alpha.4
  • parseplatform parse_server 8.6.17, 9.5.2-alpha.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
CNA 4.0 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/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
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm parse-server
>=9.0.0, <9.5.2-alpha.4
<8.6.17
9.5.2-alpha.4
8.6.17
bitnami parse
<8.6.17
>=9.0.0, <9.5.2
8.6.17
9.5.2

Affected products

  • parse-community parse-server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.