Admin Account Takeover via malicious URL payload
Priority LOW 36CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Cross-site scripting in REST Management Interface in Payara Server <4.1.2.191.54, <5.83.0, <6.34.0, <7.2026.1 allows an attacker to mislead the administrator to change the admin password via URL Payload.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0103 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Payara Server (Payara Platform): 4.1.2.191.54, 5.83.0, 6.34.0 +1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payara Platform | Payara Server | 4.1.153.1 – 4.1.2.191.53; 5.20.0 – 5.82.0; 6.0.0 – 6.33.0; 7.2024.1.Alpha1 – 7.2025.2; 6.2022.1 – 6.2025.11; 5.2020.2 – 5.2022.5; 5.181 – 5.201.2 | 4.1.2.191.54, 5.83.0, 6.34.0, 7.2026.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Payara Server VendorPayara Platform Affected 4.1.153.1 – 4.1.2.191.53; 5.20.0 – 5.82.0; 6.0.0 – 6.33.0; 7.2024.1.Alpha1 – 7.2025.2; 6.2022.1 – 6.2025.11; 5.2020.2 – 5.2022.5; 5.181 – 5.201.2 Fixed in 4.1.2.191.54, 5.83.0, 6.34.0, 7.2026.1 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:payara:payara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Payara Platform |
- cpe:2.3:a:payara:payara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Payara Platform
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Payara Server (Payara Platform) Fixed in 4.1.2.191.54, 5.83.0, 6.34.0, 7.2026.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14340
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rgjw-pqcr-56gf
More Payara Platform vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-22205 Payara before 2022-11-04, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-18200 Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 and below allows Directory Traversal. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-13003 A JNDI rebind operation in the default ORB listener in Payara Server 4.1.2.191… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-07614 Payload Injection Attack via Management REST interface CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2022-17489 Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-11048 Cross-site request forgery in Payara Server CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-14340 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14340 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rgjw-pqcr-56gf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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