Security advisory

{
  "id": "186712405276e7a29fd212404ec3ae7ab0c72634569da03c9ed507cd144553ee",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13979",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-13979",
    "summary": "In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13979",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-13979",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-13979"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/directus/v8-archive",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b508d0902705c9bb5ca2a53ca872a2036984f3ec"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus_7_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.2.0",
            "v2.1.1",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.23",
            "v2.0.22",
            "v2.0.21",
            "v2.0.20",
            "v2.0.19",
            "v2.0.18",
            "v2.0.17",
            "v2.0.16",
            "v2.0.15",
            "v2.0.14",
            "v2.0.13",
            "v2.0.12",
            "v2.0.11",
            "v2.0.10",
            "v2.0.9",
            "v2.0.8",
            "v2.0.7",
            "v2.0.6",
            "v2.0.5",
            "v2.0.4",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v2.0.0-rc.5",
            "v2.0.0-rc.4",
            "v2.0.0-rc.3",
            "v2.0.0-rc.2",
            "v2.0.0-rc.1",
            "v2.0.0-beta.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-13979.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:21.097209921Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/directus/api/projects/42",
        "https://github.com/directus/api/issues/979"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-13979",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383583,
  "published_at": "2019-07-19T15:15:12.157+00:00"
}