CVE-2019-13979
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_...
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-13979- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-13979- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5241 No score
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2019-5241- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-52mr-8m35-2m6v
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_...
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-52mr-8m35-2m6v- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In Directus 7 API before 2.2.1, uploading of PHP files is not blocked, leading to uploads/_/originals remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-13979- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-13979 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Rangerstudio Directus 7 Api, published July 19, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.58%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.