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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-27952 json

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Payload

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-w8xh-93qh-35vw , EUVD-2022-1851

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of PayloadCMS v0.15.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SVG file.

Patch / fix

  • npm payload 0.15.1

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Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CfhAxA3xdQ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm payload
<0.15.1
0.15.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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