CVE-2021-26595 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An attacker can retrieve sensitive system details like CMS version and database type from an unsupported Directus CMS instance.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-26595?

CVE-2021-26595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can learn sensitive information such as the version of the CMS, the PHP version used by the site, and the name of the DBMS, simply by view the result of the api-aa, called automatically upon a connection. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-26595?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rangerstudio Directus.

How do I fix CVE-2021-26595?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-26595 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-26595 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-26595 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vvp4-4hw7-q58r.

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