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CVE-2025-4643

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Description

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-08-29 10:15:30.880000
Last modified
2026-10-19 17:10:00.173000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2025-4643",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-08-29T10:15:30.880",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T17:10:00.173",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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). \n\nThis issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Payload usa JSON Web Tokens (JWT) para autenticación. Después de cerrar sesión, el JWT no se invalida, lo que permite a un atacante que ha robado o interceptado el token reutilizarlo libremente hasta la fecha de caducidad (que por defecto está configurada en 2 horas, pero puede cambiarse).\n\nEste problema ha sido solucionado en la versión 3.44.0 de Payload."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Payload CMS",
          "product": "Payload",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "3.44.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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          "baseScore": 6.3,
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          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "description": [
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/payloadcms/payload",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://payloadcms.com",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}