CVE-2025-53887
MEDIUMDirectus 9.0.0-11.8.0 - Unauthenticated Exposure of Sensitive Version Information via OpenAPI Spec Endpoint
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-53887. PoCs published by Perufitlife.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a security auditing tool for Directus instances, designed to detect misconfigurations such as public-role read exposure, user enumeration, unauthenticated version/schema leaks, and GraphQL introspection. It does not exploit vulnerabilities but scans for them by issuing anonymous probes.
Description
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to version 11.9.0, the exact Directus version number is incorrectly being used as OpenAPI Spec version this means that it is being exposed by the `/server/specs/oas` endpoint without authentication. With the exact version information a malicious attacker can look for known vulnerabilities in Directus core or any of its shipped dependencies in that specific running version. Version 11.9.0 fixes the issue.
Exploits (1)
This repository contains a security auditing tool for Directus instances, designed to detect misconfigurations such as public-role read exposure, user enumeration, unauthenticated version/schema leaks, and GraphQL introspection. It does not exploit vulnerabilities but scans for them by issuing anonymous probes.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N