CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-29641
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
Directus 8 before 8.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because file-upload permissions include the ability to upload a .php file to the main upload directory and/or upload a .php file and a .htaccess file to a subdirectory. Exploitation succeeds only for certain installations with the Apache HTTP Server and the local-storage driver (e.g., when the product was obtained from hub.docker.com).
Affected configurations
• rangerstudio directus (>= 8.0.0 < 8.8.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162118/Monospace-Directus-Headless-CMS-File-Upload-Rule-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://hub.docker.com/layers/directus/directus/v8.8.2-apache/images/sha256-d9898b6442b0150c3c377b50e706757f35d2d563bd82ddaf97f3ae4ba450a6e6?context=explore Third Party Advisory
- https://sec-consult.com/de/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162118/Monospace-Directus-Headless-CMS-File-Upload-Rule-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://hub.docker.com/layers/directus/directus/v8.8.2-apache/images/sha256-d9898b6442b0150c3c377b50e706757f35d2d563bd82ddaf97f3ae4ba450a6e6?context=explore Third Party Advisory
- https://sec-consult.com/de/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory