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CVE-2025-55746

Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization

Published: Aug 20, 2025Updated: Jan 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-73
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-73CWE-434

Affected Products

directusdirectus
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
directusmonospace
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
directusnpmOSS Libraries
@directus/apinpmOSS Libraries
directuscommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka @directus/api, directus api
monospacecommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka directus
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Command and Control
Initial Access
Persistence
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References

https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-mv33-9f6j-pfmc
github.com
https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/d84dcc36f75fc5c858d43746b8f9c426c38d696b
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55746
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Aug 20, 2025
Last Updated
Jan 13, 2026

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