CVE-2024-28239 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site in OAuth2/OpenID in directus
Attackers can exploit an open redirect in the OAuth2 login flow to phish users into revealing their passwords.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-28239?
CVE-2024-28239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 12 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The authentication API has a `redirect` parameter that can be exploited as an open redirect vulnerability as the user tries to log in via the API URL. There's a redirect that is done after successful login via the Auth API GET request to `directus/auth/login/google?redirect=http://malicious-fishing-site.com`. While credentials don't seem to be passed to the attacker site, the user can be phished into clicking a legitimate directus site and be taken to a malicious site made to look like a an error message "Your password needs to be updated" to phish out the current password. Users who login via OAuth2 into Directus may be at risk. 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-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28239?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including directus. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
directus npm | All versions | 10.10.0 |
directus npm | All versions | 10.10.0 |
Products include Monospace Directus.
How do I fix CVE-2024-28239?
Upgrade directus to 10.10.0 or later.
Is CVE-2024-28239 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28239 exists.
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- CVE-2026-35408 Directus is Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy
- CVE-2026-61836 Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key
- CVE-2025-30353 Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fr3w-2p22-6w7p.