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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-13984

Directus 7 API before 2.3.0 does not validate uploaded files. Regardless of the file extension or MIME type, there is a direct link to each uploaded file, accessible by unauthenticated users, as demonstrated by the EICAR Anti-Virus Test File.

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CVE-2019-13984
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31 Oct 2026, 10:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-13984

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jul 2019, 15:15 UTC

Directus 7 API before 2.3.0 does not validate uploaded files. Regardless of the file extension or MIME type, there is a direct link to each uploaded file, accessible by unauthenticated users, as demonstrated by the EICAR Anti-Virus Test File.

osv:CVE-2019-13984
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13984",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-13984",
    "summary": "Directus 7 API before 2.3.0 does not validate uploaded files. Regardless of the file extension or MIME type, there is a direct link to each uploaded file, accessible by unauthenticated users, as demonstrated by the EICAR Anti-Virus Test File.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13984",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-13984",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-13984"
      ],
      "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": "ff05f586f4457c57ea3722bfb634b1d2b52b6c38"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus_7_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.3.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.0.0-beta.1",
            "2.0.0-alpha.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-13984.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:43.846343189Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/directus/api/projects/44",
        "https://github.com/directus/api/issues/981"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-13984",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382080,
  "published_at": "2019-07-19T15:15:12.547+00:00"
}