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Vulnerability details: VCID-p425-cguh-83c8
Vulnerability ID VCID-p425-cguh-83c8
Aliases CVE-2023-27474
GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
Summary Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Instances relying on an allow-listed reset URL is vulnerable to an HTML injection attack through the use of query parameters in the reset URL. An attacker could exploit this to email users urls to the servers domain but which may contain malicious code. The problem has been resolved and released under version 9.23.0. People relying on a custom password reset URL should upgrade to 9.23.0 or later, or remove the custom reset url from the configured allow list. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable the custom reset URL allow list as a workaround.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00828 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-27474
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/directus/directus
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/directus/directus
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
cvssv3.1 8 https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
ssvc Track https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
cvssv3.1 8 https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
ssvc Track https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
cvssv3.1 8 https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
ssvc Track https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27474
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27474
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-27474
https://github.com/directus/directus
https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
CVE-2023-27474 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27474
GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6 https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-25T14:29:56Z/ Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-25T14:29:56Z/ Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-25T14:29:56Z/ Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27474
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74902
EPSS Score 0.00828
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:44:12.254771+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/directus/CVE-2023-27474.yml 38.6.0