CVE-2026-34748

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Publication date:

01/04/2026

Last modified:

13/04/2026

Description

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to version 3.78.0 in @payloadcms/next, a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability existed in the admin panel. An authenticated user with write access to a collection could save content that, when viewed by another user, would execute in their browser. This issue has been patched in version 3.78.0.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.70 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

8.70

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:payloadcms:payload::::::node.js::*		3.78.0 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-mmxc-95ch-2j7c