CVE•Published 2026-04-01•Modified 2026-04-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-34748Payloadcms · Payload
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.7
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-01
Modified 2026-04-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-34748Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Payloadcms Payload"All exposed Payloadcms Payload instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Payload"HTTP body or banner mentions "Payload" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-34748Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-34748Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-34748Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-34748GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-34748" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-34748 on GitHub.