CVE-2022-22117 | Directus - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Avatar Image

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In Directus, versions 9.0.0-alpha.4 through 9.4.1 allow unrestricted file upload of .html files in the media upload functionality, which leads to Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. A low privileged attacker can upload a crafted HTML file as a profile avatar, and when an admin or another user opens it, the XSS payload gets triggered.

Published: 2022-01-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-22117 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-22117

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-22117

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-14 0.27% 0.19% -0.07%
2 2025-04-13 0.15% 0.27% +0.11%
3 2025-04-12 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-22117

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-22117

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-22117

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rangerstudio directus >= 9.0.1, <= 9.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha10:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha11:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha12:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha13:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha14:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha15:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha16:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha17:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha18:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha19:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha20:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha21:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha22:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha23:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha24:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha25:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha26:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha27:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha31:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha32:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha33:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha34:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha35:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha36:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha37:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha38:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha39:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha40:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha41:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha42:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha7:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha8:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:alpha9:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta0:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta13:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc100:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc101:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc11:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc12:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc13:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc14:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc15:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc17:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc18:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc19:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc20:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc21:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc22:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc23:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc24:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc25:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc26:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc27:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc28:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc29:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc30:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc31:*:*:*:*:*:*
rangerstudio directus 9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:9.0.0:rc32:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-22117

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