Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-25544

Title: Blind SQL injection in Payload JSON or richText fields

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-25544

CWE Category CWE-89

Published Date Feb 06, 2026

Modified Date Feb 20, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.88%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-25544: Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to 3.73.0, when querying JSON or richText fields, user input was directly embedded into SQL without escaping, enabling blind SQL injection attacks. An unauthenticated attacker could extract sensitive data (emails, password reset tokens) and achieve full account takeover without password cracking. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.73.0.

Impacted Vendors

payloadcms 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-xx6w-jxg9-2wh8

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-25544 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52671

View Code

February 20, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

February 20, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

February 09, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

February 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.