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CVE-2019-13979

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.

Affected products

• Rangerstudio Directus 7 Api: before 2.2.1 — fixed in 2.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rangerstudio Directus 7 Api 2.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/directus/api/issues/979
• https://github.com/directus/api/projects/42
• https://github.com/directus/api/issues/979
• https://github.com/directus/api/projects/42

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