CVE-2025-4644

MEDIUM

Payload CMS < 3.44.0 - Session Fixation via SQLite Adapter Identifier Reuse

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Session Fixation vulnerability existed in Payload's SQLite adapter due to identifier reuse during account creation. A malicious attacker could create a new account, save its JSON Web Token (JWT), and then delete the account, which did not invalidate the JWT. As a result, the next newly created user would receive the same identifier, allowing the attacker to reuse the JWT to authenticate and perform actions as that user. This issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643
Various Sources product
https://payloadcms.com
Various Sources product
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload

Scores

CVSS v4 5.3
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 29.8%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-384
Status published
Products (4)
npm/payload 0 - 3.44.0npm
Payload CMS/Payload < 3.44.0
payloadcms/graphql 0 - 3.44.0npm
payloadcms/next 0 - 3.44.0npm
Published Aug 29, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026