# CVE-2025-64747: Directus Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

> Attackers with upload and edit permissions can inject malicious JavaScript via the Block Editor, bypassing CSP to execute persistent XSS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vv2v-pw69-8crf

## What is CVE-2025-64747?

CVE-2025-64747 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 13 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in versions prior to 11.13.0 that allows users with `upload files` and `edit item` permissions to inject malicious JavaScript through the Block Editor interface. Attackers can bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions by combining file uploads with iframe srcdoc attributes, resulting in persistent XSS execution. Version 11.13.0 fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64747?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 11.13.0 |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 11.13.0 |

Products: Monospace Directus.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-64747?

Upgrade directus to 11.13.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-64747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64747 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-2025-64747 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-64747 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 13 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 11.13.0
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 11.13.0

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-2025-64747/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64747/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64747
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64747
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-64747

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64747/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.