Vulnerability · Published Feb 23, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-26594
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can switch to the administrator role (via the PATCH method) without any control by the back end. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/sgranel/directusv8 x_refsource_MISC