CVE-2026-25574: Payloadcms Payload

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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)

Published 2026-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.