Information Exposure Affecting payload package, versions <1.7.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PAYLOAD-5487992
  • published27 Apr 2023
  • disclosed27 Apr 2023
  • creditcpaczek

Introduced: 27 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-30843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How 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.

CVSS Scores

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