CVE-2025-55746 – Directus Unauthenticated File Upload and Modification Vulnerability

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files’ database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won’t show up in the Directus UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.9.3.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-434
    Added CWE CWE-73
    Added Reference https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/d84dcc36f75fc5c858d43746b8f9c426c38d696b
    Added Reference https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-mv33-9f6j-pfmc
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