Medium severity · published Aug 29, 2025
CVE-2025-4643
Lack of JWT Expiration after Log Out in PayloadCMS
6.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Payload uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication. After log out JWT is not invalidated, which allows an attacker who has stolen or intercepted token to freely reuse it until expiration date (which is by default set to 2 hours, but can be changed).
This issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Payload · Payload CMS
before 3.44.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4643
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4643
cert.pl
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643
github.com
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload
payloadcms.com
https://payloadcms.com
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