Improper Privilege Management Affecting directus package, versions <11.2.0
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- published24 Jan 2025
- disclosed23 Jan 2025
- creditviters
Introduced: 23 Jan 2025
NewCVE-2025-24353 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade directus to version 11.2.0 or higher.
Overview
directus is a Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management via the Share feature. An attacker can escalate privileges and access data or functionalities that are normally restricted by specifying an arbitrary role during the item sharing process. This is only exploitable if the instance uses the share feature and has specific roles hierarchy and fields that are not visible for certain roles.