{"id":"CVE-2023-27474","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-27474","generatedAt":"2026-10-23T13:03:52.626Z","title":"Instances relying on an allow-listed reset URL are vulnerable to an HTML injection attack through the use of query parameters in the reset URL.","description":"Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Instances relying on an allow-listed reset URL are vulnerable to an HTML injection attack through the use of query parameters in the reset URL. An attacker could exploit this to email users urls to the servers domain but which may contain malicious code. The problem has been resolved and released under version 9.23.0. People relying on a custom password reset URL should upgrade to 9.23.0 or later, or remove the custom reset url from the configured allow list. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable the custom reset URL allow list as a workaround.","published":"2023-03-06T17:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:45:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["rangerstudio/directus"],"epss":{"score":0.00531,"percentile":0.44016,"date":"2026-10-22","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/directus/directus/issues/17119","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/17120","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-4hmq-ggrm-qfc6","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27474","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."}