Information Exposure Affecting payload package, versions <1.7.0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.08% (36th
percentile)
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- published 27 Apr 2023
- disclosed 27 Apr 2023
- credit cpaczek
Introduced: 27 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-30843 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade payload to version 1.7.0 or higher.
Overview
payload is a Node, React and MongoDB Headless CMS and Application Framework
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure such that, if a user has access to documents that contain hidden fields or fields they do not have access to, the user could reverse-engineer those values via brute force.
Workaround
Users who are unable to upgrade to the fixed version can write a beforeOperation hook to remove where queries that attempt to access hidden field data.
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