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CVE-2023-28443

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28443 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Directus versions prior to 9.23.3, where the directus_refresh_token is improperly logged, allowing for potential user impersonation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.23.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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 0.1 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: 9.23.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7medium

directus vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Mar 23, 2023

References

github.com / directus/directus/blob/7c479c5161639aac466c763b6b958a9524201d74/api/src/logger.ts
Vendor Advisory
github.com / directus/directus/commit/349536303983ccba68ecb3e4fb35315424011afc
Patch
github.com / directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7
ExploitVendor Advisory