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CVE-2026-25574: Payload Affected by Cross-Collection IDOR in payload-preferences Access Control (Multi-Auth Environments)
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-639
Description
Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to 3.74.0, a cross-collection Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the payload-preferences internal collection. In multi-auth collection environments using Postgres or SQLite with default serial/auto-increment IDs, authenticated users from one auth collection can read and delete preferences belonging to users in different auth collections when their numeric IDs collide. This vulnerability has been patched in v3.74.0.
Affected products
- payloadcms payload: before 3.74.0 — fixed in 3.74.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: payloadcms payload 3.74.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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