CVE-2026-25544

Payload has an SQL Injection in JSON/RichText Queries on PostgreSQL/SQLite Adapters

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: Feb 6, 2026
Updated: Feb 9, 2026
Reserved: Feb 2, 2026

Description

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 unauthenticated attacker could extract sensitive data (emails, password reset tokens) and achieve full account takeover without password cracking. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.73.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
payloadpayloadcms	< 3.73.0Affected

References

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

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