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SCA: security update for @payloadcms/next (GHSA-mmxc-95ch-2j7c)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439660

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-34748)

Solution

Update the @payloadcms/next library and its related packages to version 3.78.0 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439660

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/2/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.65

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34748

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34748

cwe: CWE-79