# Payload CMS Payload vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/payload-cms-payload  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/payload-cms-payload.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 16 vulnerabilities in Payload CMS Payload: 0 in the last 7 days and 16 in the last 90 days, 5 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-105868, was published on 6 October 2026. Nothing in the last four weeks, down from 16 vulnerabilities in the four before. 0 critical against 5.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 0
- Last 90 days: 16
- All time: 16 (5 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About Payload CMS Payload

Open-source headless CMS built with TypeScript and Node.js for content management.

## Latest Payload CMS Payload vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-105868: Payload CMS stored XSS in XML upload handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105868-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105865: Payload CMS path traversal in file deletion](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105865-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 8.1, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105863: Payload CMS authentication token tampering via reserved JWT fields](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105863-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105862: Payload CMS stored XSS in SVG upload sanitization](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105862-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 8.7, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105861: Payload CMS credential exposure via unvalidated external URL redirect](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105861-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105859: Payload CMS access control bypass in reorder endpoint](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105859-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105855: Payload CMS access control bypass in password field update](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105855-payload-didn-t-enforce-field-level-password-update-restrictions) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105854: Payload ReDoS in multipart content-type validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105854-payload-redos-in-multipart-content-type-validation) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105852: Payload relationship-query authorization bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105852-payload-relationship-query-authorization-bypass) (medium, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105851: Payload CMS field access control bypass in duplicate operation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105851-payload-field-access-control-bypass-on-auth-collections) (critical, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105849: Payload API key disclosure through document read access](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105849-payload-vulnerable-to-api-key-disclosure-through-ordinary) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105847: Payload polymorphic join queries information disclosure](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105847-payload-polymorphic-join-queries-could-disclose-hidden-fields) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105846: Payload open redirect in authentication flow](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105846-payload-untrusted-redirect-url-parameter-exploit) (medium, CVSS 6.1, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105845: Payload CMS SQL injection in dynamic filters](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105845-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105844: Payload CMS remote code execution in import-export plugin](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105844-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105805: Payload information disclosure via sort parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105805-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (medium, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)

## Most severe Payload CMS Payload vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-105859: Payload CMS access control bypass in reorder endpoint](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105859-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105845: Payload CMS SQL injection in dynamic filters](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105845-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105863: Payload CMS authentication token tampering via reserved JWT fields](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105863-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105844: Payload CMS remote code execution in import-export plugin](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105844-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (critical, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105851: Payload CMS field access control bypass in duplicate operation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105851-payload-field-access-control-bypass-on-auth-collections) (critical, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105862: Payload CMS stored XSS in SVG upload sanitization](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105862-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 8.7, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105865: Payload CMS path traversal in file deletion](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105865-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 8.1, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105868: Payload CMS stored XSS in XML upload handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105868-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105861: Payload CMS credential exposure via unvalidated external URL redirect](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105861-payload-is-a-free-and-open-source-headless-content-management) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-105855: Payload CMS access control bypass in password field update](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-105855-payload-didn-t-enforce-field-level-password-update-restrictions) (high, CVSS 4, published 6 Oct 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

Nothing in the last four weeks, down from 16 vulnerabilities in the four before. 0 critical against 5.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Payload CMS Payload vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/payload-cms-payload, 9 November 2026.