Directus
CVE-2024-6534
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Impact | CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Directus v10.13.0 allows an authenticated external attacker to modify presets created by the same user to assign them to another user. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-639. Directus v10.13.0 allows an authenticated external attacker to modify presets created by the same user to assign them to another user. This is possible because the application only validates the user parameter in the 'POST /presets' request but not in the PATCH request. When chained with CVE-2024-6533, it could result in account takeover. Affected products include: Monospace Directus.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (fluidattacks) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: fluidattacks
DescriptionCVE.org
Directus v10.13.0 allows an authenticated external attacker to modify presets created by the same user to assign them to another user. This is possible because the application only validates the user parameter in the 'POST /presets' request but not in the PATCH request. When chained with CVE-2024-6533, it could result in account takeover.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Directus 6.4.9 has a hardcoded admin password for the Admin account because of an INSERT statement in api/schema.sql. Ra
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), thi
Directus 8 before 8.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because file-upload permissions incl
In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can switch to the administrator role (via the PATCH method) without any contr
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vu
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vu
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vu
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vu
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vu
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vu
In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can see all users in the CMS using the API /users/{id}. Rated high severity (
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this
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