Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-27295

HighPublic PoC

Published: 01 March 2024

Published
01 March 2024
Modified
03 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0060 70.1th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-27295 is a high-severity Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference (CWE-706) vulnerability in Monospace Directus. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The password reset mechanism of the Directus backend allows attackers to receive a password reset email of a victim user, specifically having it arrive at a similar…

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email address as the victim with a one or more characters changed to use accents. This is due to the fact that by default MySQL/MariaDB are configured for accent-insensitive and case-insensitive comparisons. This vulnerability is fixed in version 10.8.3.

CWE(s)
CWE-706

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

monospace
directus
≤ 10.8.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References