Insufficient Session Expiration Affecting payload package, versions <3.44.0
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- published29 Aug 2025
- disclosed29 Aug 2025
- creditArkadiusz Marta
Introduced: 29 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-4644 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade payload to version 3.44.0 or higher.
Overview
payload is a Node, React and MongoDB Headless CMS and Application Framework
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration due to the reuse of user identifiers in the account creation process. An attacker can gain unauthorised access to a newly created user account by reusing a previously saved JSON Web Token (JWT) after deleting the original account.