Directus up to 11.8.x WebHook Trigger information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Directus up to 11.8.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebHook Trigger Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53886. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 11.8.x. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component WebHook Trigger Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to version 11.9.0, when using Directus Flows with the WebHook trigger all incoming request details are logged including security sensitive data like access and refresh tokens in cookies. Malicious admins with access to the logs can hijack the user sessions within the token expiration time of them triggering the Flow. Version 11.9.0 fixes the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53886 since 07/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 11.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 22be460c76957708d67fdd52846a9ad1cbb083fb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Directus 11.9.0
Patch: 22be460c76957708d67fdd52846a9ad1cbb083fb

Timelineinfo

07/11/2025 CVE reserved
07/15/2025 +4 days Advisory disclosed
07/15/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/16/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-f24x-rm6g-3w5v
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53886 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53886
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-316383

Entryinfo

Created: 07/15/2025 08:13
Updated: 07/16/2025 16:24
Changes: 07/15/2025 08:13 (67), 07/16/2025 16:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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