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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg
Aliases CVE-2025-24353
Summary Directus allows privilege escalation using Share feature ### Summary When sharing an item, user can specify an arbitrary role. It allows user to use a higher-privileged role to see fields that otherwise the user should not be able to see. ### Details Specifying `role` on share should be available only for admins. The current flow has a security flaw. Each other role should allow to share only in the context of the same role. As there is no role hierarchy in Directus, it is impossible to tell which role is _higher_ or _lower_, so only admins should be able to specify the role for share. Optionally, instead of specifying a role, shareer* should be able to specify which fields (limited to fields shareer sees) are available on shared item. Similarily to import. *_shareer_ - a person that creates a share link to item ### PoC 1. Create a collection with a secret field. 2. Create role A that sees the secret field 3. Create role B that does not see the secret field, but can use share feature. 4. Create item with secret field filled. 5. Use account with role B to share the object as role A and gain unauthorized access to secret value. Here's video example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbV4IxbWzN4 I had to upload it to YouTube, because GitHub allows only 10MB videos. ### Impact Impacted are instances that use the share feature and have specific roles hierarchy and fields that are not visible for certain roles.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/01/GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg/GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/directus/directus
23716 Other https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/23716
CVE-2025-24353 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24353
e288a43a79613dada905da683f4919c6965ac804 Other https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/e288a43a79613dada905da683f4919c6965ac804
GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg Other https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg
v11.2.0 Other https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v11.2.0
watch?v=DbV4IxbWzN4 Other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbV4IxbWzN4
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/01/GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg/GHSA-pmf4-v838-29hg.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-23T18:52:42Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/24xxx/CVE-2025-24353.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-24353

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]