CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-26595

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 23, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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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

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
DirectusRangerstudio8.0.0 (including)8.8.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References