CVE-2025-4643
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Payload uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication. After log out JWT is not invalidated, which allows an attacker who has stolen or intercepted token to freely reuse it until expiration date (which is by default set to 2 hours, but can be changed). This issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.7–6.3
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-5v66-m237-hwf7Payload does not invalidate JWTs after log out2025-08-29ghsa · osvUS
Payload uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication. After log out JWT is not invalidated, which allows an attacker who has stolen or intercepted token to freely reuse it until expiration date (which is by default set to 2 hours, but can be changed). This issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload.
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references (10)
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- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643cnnvd
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payloadcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4643cnnvd
- https://payloadcms.comcnnvd
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payloadenisa_euvd
- https://payloadcms.comenisa_euvd
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643nvd
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