CVE-2022-22116: Directus - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via SVG File Upload

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Directus, versions 9.0.0-alpha.4 through 9.4.1 are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via SVG file upload in media upload functionality. A low privileged attacker can inject arbitrary javascript code which will be executed in a victim’s browser when they open the image URL.

Affected products

Rangerstudio Directus: from 9.0.1 through 9.4.1; 9.0.0, 9.0.0-alpha10, 9.0.0-alpha11, 9.0.0-alpha12, 9.0.0-alpha13, 9.0.0-alpha14 (+146)

References

https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/ec86d5412d45136915d9b622b4a890dd26932b10
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-22116
https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/ec86d5412d45136915d9b622b4a890dd26932b10
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-22116

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