Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password Affecting payload package, versions <3.79.1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published1 Apr 2026
- disclosed1 Apr 2026
- creditwsk3r
Introduced: 1 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-34751 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade payload to version 3.79.1 or higher.
Overview
payload is a Node, React and MongoDB Headless CMS and Application Framework
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in the password recovery flow. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to user accounts by exploiting insufficient input validation of the origin of the password reset request.