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.
History

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Payloadcms
Payloadcms payload
Vendors & Products Payloadcms
Payloadcms payload

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title User Session Fixation after Account Removal in PayloadCMS
Weaknesses CWE-384
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-29T11:53:31.892Z

Reserved: 2025-05-13T07:10:08.331Z

Link: CVE-2025-4644

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-29T11:53:27.301Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-29T10:15:32.440

Modified: 2025-08-29T16:24:29.730

Link: CVE-2025-4644

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-02T15:23:34Z