{"id":"CVE-2026-25544","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-25544","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:26:30.741Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-02-06T22:16:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:24:50.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["payloadcms/payload"],"epss":{"score":0.00838,"percentile":0.5758,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2026-09-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52671,"kind":"exploit","title":"Payload CMS 3.72.0 - Blind SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52671","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52671.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52671.py","published":"2026-09-01","added":"2026-09-01","updated":"2026-09-01","author":"cardosource","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2026-25544"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[{"kind":"exploit","label":"Public exploit","at":"2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"type":"webapps","edbId":52671,"title":"Payload CMS 3.72.0 - Blind SQL Injection","platform":"multiple","verified":false,"publishedAt":"2026-09-01"},"summary":"Public exploit published in Exploit-DB: Payload CMS 3.72.0 - Blind SQL Injection (webapps, multiple)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-xx6w-jxg9-2wh8","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25544","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}