CVE-2025-53887 PoC — Directus's exact version number is exposed by the OpenAPI Spec

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-53887.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Directus's exact version number is exposed by the OpenAPI Spec (CVE-2025-53887)
Description:Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to version 11.9.0, the exact Directus version number is incorrectly being used as OpenAPI Spec version this means that it is being exposed by the `/server/specs/oas` endpoint without authentication. With the exact version information a malicious attacker can look for known vulnerabilities in Directus core or any of its shipped dependencies in that specific running version. Version 11.9.0 fixes the issue.

Description

Directus versions from 9.0.0 before 11.9.0 expose the exact running version through the OpenAPI specification returned by the unauthenticated /server/specs/oas endpoint. The version is placed in the OpenAPI info.version field, letting an unauthenticated attacker fingerprint the precise Directus release. The fix replaces the exact version in that field with a hashed value.

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