# CVE-2021-26595: In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can learn sensitive information such as the version of the CMS, the PHP version used by the site,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-02-23 · Updated: 2024-11-19

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can learn sensitive information such as the version of the CMS, the PHP version used by the site, and the name of the DBMS, simply by view the result of the api-aa, called automatically upon a connection. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sgranel/directusv8

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