Medium severity · published Apr 26, 2023
CVE-2023-30843
Payload is a free and open source headless content management system
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions prior to 1.7.0, if a user has access to documents that contain hidden fields or fields they do not have access to, the user could reverse-engineer those values via brute force. Version 1.7.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, write a `beforeOperation` hook to remove `where` queries that attempt to access hidden field data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Payload · Payloadcms
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30843
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30843
Release Notes
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v1.7.0
Mitigation
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-35jj-vqcf-f2jf
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