Directus Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

published 2025-11-13 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2025-177203 , GHSA-vv2v-pw69-8crf

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits: 0; none known

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in versions prior to 11.13.0 that allows users with `upload files` and `edit item` permissions to inject malicious JavaScript through the Block Editor interface. Attackers can bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions by combining file uploads with iframe srcdoc attributes, resulting in persistent XSS execution. Version 11.13.0 fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 links 1

npm directus 11.13.0
monospace directus 11.13.0
rangerstudio directus 11.13.0

github.com/directus/directus@d235253 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 11 mo ago (2025-11-13)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-vv2v-pw69-8crf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
GitHub	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	directus	<11.13.0	11.13.0

Affected products

directus directus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /directus/directus/commit/d23525317f0780f04aa1fe7a99171a358e43cb2e
web, patch
github.com /directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-vv2v-pw69-8crf
web, exploit, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64747
advisory
github.com /directus/directus
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary