CVE-2025-55746

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

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 20, 2025 at 05:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDirectusDirectus

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

10.8.0 ≤ v < 11.9.3
v < 11.9.3
Affected range stops below 11.9.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-73CWE-434

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