# CVE-2024-28238: Session Token in URL in directus

> Attackers can hijack user sessions by accessing JWTs exposed in URLs via logs, leading to unauthorized access and data exposure.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2ccr-g2rv-h677

## What is CVE-2024-28238?

CVE-2024-28238 is a low-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 12 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. When reaching the /files page, a JWT is passed via GET request. Inclusion of session tokens in URLs poses a security risk as URLs are often logged in various places (e.g., web server logs, browser history). Attackers gaining access to these logs may hijack active user sessions, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information or actions on behalf of the user. This issue has been addressed in version 10.10.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-598 (Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28238?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including directus. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 10.10.0 |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 10.10.0 |

Products: Monospace Directus.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28238?

Upgrade directus to 10.10.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-28238 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Monospace Directus

- [CVE-2022-26969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26969/): Insecure default value for CORS configuration (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-55746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55746/): Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-35408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35408/): Directus is Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-61836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61836/): Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-30353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30353/): Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28238 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28238 is a low-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 12 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 10.10.0
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 10.10.0

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28238/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28238/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28238
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28238
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28238

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28238/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.