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GHSA-26RV-H2HF-3FW4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-29 12:31 – Updated: 2025-08-29 16:59

Summary

Payload's SQLite adapter Session Fixation vulnerability

Details

A Session Fixation vulnerability existed in Payload's SQLite adapter due to identifier reuse during account creation. A malicious attacker could create a new account, save its JSON Web Token (JWT), and then delete the account, which did not invalidate the JWT. As a result, the next newly created user would receive the same identifier, allowing the attacker to reuse the JWT to authenticate and perform actions as that user.

This issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2025-4644 (GCVE-0-2025-4644)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-29 10:01 – Updated: 2025-08-29 11:53 X_Open Source

Title

User Session Fixation after Account Removal in PayloadCMS

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-08-29 11:53 UTC

CWE

CWE-384 - Session Fixation

Assigner

CERT-PL ENISA root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643	third-party-advisory
https://payloadcms.com	product
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Payload CMS	Payload	Affected: 0 , < 3.44.0 (semver)

Date Public

2025-08-29 10:00

Credits

Arkadiusz Marta

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