CVE-2025-4643 – Payload JWT Authentication Token Reuse Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-4643 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.

    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-613
    Added Reference https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643
    Added Reference https://github.com/payloadcms/payload
    Added Reference https://payloadcms.com
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