Directus - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via SVG File Upload

{
  "id": "c31f03fb936c9e0ef460a7097ad94406d4b6b136d7ad200cc1390f7f38d99131",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22116",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Directus - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via SVG File Upload",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-22116",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-22116",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-22116"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/directus/directus",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ba72d2cfd040f7f0db282ccac006f36df6f05058"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4991ba858bdde8bdf03aee475d77a218da6e46ab"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "c95add08ef1386cab6e54546f03d541d889148ed"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ec86d5412d45136915d9b622b4a890dd26932b10"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "9.0.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "9.4.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "9.0.0-NA"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "9.0.0-NA"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "ec86d5412d45136915d9b622b4a890dd26932b10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "9.0.0-NA",
            "v9.4.1",
            "v9.4.0",
            "v9.3.0",
            "v9.2.2",
            "v9.2.1",
            "v9.2.0",
            "v9.1.2",
            "v9.1.1",
            "v9.1.0",
            "v9.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-22116.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:50.469240755Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-22116",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/22xxx/CVE-2022-22116.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22116",
        "https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/ec86d5412d45136915d9b622b4a890dd26932b10"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-79"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "Mend",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/22xxx/CVE-2022-22116.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-22116",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 518756,
  "published_at": "2022-01-10T15:26:44.139+00:00"
}