Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-25574

Title: Cross-collection IDOR in Payload-preferences internal collection

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-25574.

CWE Category CWE-639

Published Date Feb 06, 2026

Modified Date Feb 20, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.4 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.24%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-25574: Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to 3.74.0, a cross-collection Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the payload-preferences internal collection. In multi-auth collection environments using Postgres or SQLite with default serial/auto-increment IDs, authenticated users from one auth collection can read and delete preferences belonging to users in different auth collections when their numeric IDs collide. This vulnerability has been patched in v3.74.0.

Impacted Vendors

payloadcms 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-jq29-r496-r955

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.4

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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-25574 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.