What is CVE-2026-25544?

CVE-2026-25544 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Payloadcms Payload, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-25544?

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

SQL Injection in Payloadcms Payload

CVE-2026-25544

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to 3.73.0, when querying JSON or richText fields, user input was directly embedded into SQL without escaping, enabling blind SQL injection attacks. An unauthentica…

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.000 (12.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Payloadcms Payload — versions < 3.73.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-xx6w-jxg9-2wh8 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-25544?: CVE-2026-25544 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Payloadcms Payload, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-25544?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.