CVE-2026-25574
IDOR Vulnerability in Payload CMS Allows Cross-Collection Data Access
Publication date: 2026-02-06
Last updated on: 2026-02-20
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| payloadcms | payload | to 3.74.0 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-639 | The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. |
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How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability allows authenticated users to read and delete preferences of other users from different authentication collections when their numeric IDs collide. This can lead to unauthorized access and modification of user preferences, potentially causing data integrity issues and privacy breaches within the system.
How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
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How can this vulnerability be detected on my network or system? Can you suggest some commands?
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What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade Payload to version 3.74.0 or later, where the cross-collection IDOR vulnerability has been patched.
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in the Payload content management system prior to version 3.74.0. It is a cross-collection Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) issue within the internal payload-preferences collection. In environments using multiple authentication collections with Postgres or SQLite databases that use default serial or auto-increment numeric IDs, authenticated users from one authentication collection can access and delete preferences belonging to users in other authentication collections if their numeric IDs collide.