{"id":"CVE-2021-29641","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-29641","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:20:18.630Z","title":"Directus 8 before 8.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because file-upload permissions include the ability to upload a .php file to the main upload directory and/or upload a .php file and a .htaccess file to a subdirectory.","description":"Directus 8 before 8.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because file-upload permissions include the ability to upload a .php file to the main upload directory and/or upload a .php file and a .htaccess file to a subdirectory. Exploitation succeeds only for certain installations with the Apache HTTP Server and the local-storage driver (e.g., when the product was obtained from hub.docker.com).","published":"2021-04-07T22:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:48:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":["rangerstudio/directus"],"epss":{"score":0.04867,"percentile":0.91984,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162118/Monospace-Directus-Headless-CMS-File-Upload-Rule-Bypass.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/14","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hub.docker.com/layers/directus/directus/v8.8.2-apache/images/sha256-d9898b6442b0150c3c377b50e706757f35d2d563bd82ddaf97f3ae4ba450a6e6?context=explore","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/de/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162118/Monospace-Directus-Headless-CMS-File-Upload-Rule-Bypass.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/14","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hub.docker.com/layers/directus/directus/v8.8.2-apache/images/sha256-d9898b6442b0150c3c377b50e706757f35d2d563bd82ddaf97f3ae4ba450a6e6?context=explore","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/de/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/arbitrary-file-upload-and-bypassing-htaccess-rules-in-monospace-directus-headless-cms/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29641","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}