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CVE-2023-27474

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-27474 is an HTML injection vulnerability affecting Directus, a real-time API and App dashboard, specifically instances using allow-listed custom password reset URLs. An attacker could exploit this by injecting malicious code into query parameters within a reset URL, which is then emailed to users. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and low privileges (PR:L), potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L, I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: directusFixed in: 9.23.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6high

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

Mar 7, 2023

References

github.com / directus/directus/issues/17119
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / directus/directus/pull/17120
Patch
github.com / directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory