What is CVE-2022-27952?

CVE-2022-27952 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Payloadcms Payload, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-27952?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Payloadcms Payload

CVE-2022-27952

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of PayloadCMS v0.15.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SVG file.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2022-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Payloadcms Payload — versions 0.15.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

github.com/payloadcms/payload (Third Party Advisory)
www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27952?: CVE-2022-27952 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Payloadcms Payload, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-27952?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.