{"id":23327,"date":"2025-04-14T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-13T23:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T05:05:20","slug":"cve-2025-30353-critical-information-disclosure-vulnerability-in-directus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30353-critical-information-disclosure-vulnerability-in-directus\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-30353: Critical Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Directus<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directus, a widely used real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content, is known for its ability to handle a wide range of applications. However, a recently discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-30353, has been identified in versions 9.12.0 to 11.5.0 of this popular platform. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0573-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29033\">vulnerability is notable due to its potential<\/a> to expose sensitive data, including environmental variables, sensitive API keys, user accountability information, and operational data. Such exposure can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0572-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28975\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage, posing a significant risk to any organization utilizing affected versions of Directus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-30353<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS score 8.6<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0576-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29367\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1350353649\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Directus | 9.12.0 to 11.5.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability occurs when Directus, having a Flow with the &#8220;Webhook&#8221; trigger and the &#8220;Data of Last Operation&#8221; response body, encounters a ValidationError <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24189-memory-corruption-vulnerability-due-to-maliciously-crafted-web-content-in-various-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52251\">due to a failed condition operation<\/a>. In such a case, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23375-incorrect-use-of-privileged-apis-in-dell-powerprotect-data-manager-reporting\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57800\">API response includes a significant amount of sensitive data<\/a>. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-27289-replay-attack-vulnerability-uncovered-in-zigbee-smart-home-kit\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35553\">attacker can exploit this vulnerability<\/a> by deliberately triggering a ValidationError and then capturing the sensitive data included in the API response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2956688616\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0577-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-router-allows-potential-remote-exploitation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29420\">potential exploitation of the vulnerability<\/a> could involve a malicious actor sending an API request with data that will fail validation. This could look something like the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4829-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52250\">HTTP request<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/api\/flow\/validation HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;trigger&quot;: &quot;Webhook&quot;,\n&quot;responseBody&quot;: &quot;Data of Last Operation&quot;,\n&quot;data&quot;: {&quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;known_to_fail_validation&quot;}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In response to this request, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-21672-unpatched-confluence-data-center-and-server-prone-to-high-risk-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28893\">server would return a ValidationError with sensitive data<\/a> included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-51063-understanding-and-mitigating-a-dom-based-xss-vulnerability-in-qstar-archive-solutions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28029\">mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>, it is strongly advised to apply the vendor patch by upgrading to version 11.5.0 or later of Directus. If this is not immediately possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can offer temporary mitigation. However, these measures simply reduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/fortinet-s-fortigate-vulnerability-ssl-vpn-symlink-exploit-puts-user-access-at-risk-post-patching\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30037\">risk of exploitation and do not eliminate the vulnerability<\/a>. Therefore, it is crucial to update Directus to a patched version as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Directus, a widely used real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content, is known for its ability to handle a wide range of applications. However, a recently discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-30353, has been identified in versions 9.12.0 to 11.5.0 of this popular platform. This vulnerability is notable due to its potential to expose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-23327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23327"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51588,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327\/revisions\/51588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=23327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}