CVE-2024-27295
- Reference to the description:
- Description:
- 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 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.
- Last updated date:
- 01/03/2025
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 01/03/2025
- Reference url to background
https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-qw9g-7549-7wg5