CVE-2025-4643 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-4643

Lack of JWT Expiration after Log Out in PayloadCMS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Arkadiusz Marta

References

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CVE-2025-4644
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Medium 5.3

Affected Vendor

Payload CMS

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Affected Software

Payload
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 29th, 2025
Last Modified: August 29th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-613

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Credential Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material
Defense Evasion
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion