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directus vulnerable to HTML Injection in Password Reset email to custom Reset URL

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 6, 2023 in directus/directus

Package

npm directus (npm)

Affected versions

< 9.23.0

Patched versions

9.23.0

Description

Impact

Instances relying on an allow-listed reset URL are vulnerable to an HTML injection attack through the use of query parameters in the reset URL.

Patches

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.

Workarounds

Disable the custom reset URL allow list.

References

@br41nslug br41nslug published to directus/directus Mar 6, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 6, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 7, 2023
Reviewed Mar 7, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.065%
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-27474

GHSA ID

GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6

Source code

Credits

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