Description
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 11.0.0 and prior to version 11.3.0, when setting `WEBSOCKETS_GRAPHQL_AUTH` or `WEBSOCKETS_REST_AUTH` to "public", an unauthenticated user is able to do any of the supported operations (CRUD, subscriptions) with full admin privileges. This impacts any Directus instance that has either `WEBSOCKETS_GRAPHQL_AUTH` or `WEBSOCKETS_REST_AUTH` set to `public` allowing unauthenticated users to subscribe for changes on any collection or do REST CRUD operations on user defined collections ignoring permissions. Version 11.3.0 fixes the issue.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-849r-qrwj-8rv4
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (3)
directus/api
22.2.0 - 23.2.0npm
monospace/directus
11.0.0 - 11.3.0
npm/directus
11.0.0 - 11.3.0npm
Published
Dec 09, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026