CVE DATABASE / CVE-2024-39717

CVE-2024-39717

Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload Vulnerability

CVSS 7.2 · HIGH ⚠ CISA KEV — ACTIVELY EXPLOITED

On the CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2024-08-23. Federal remediation due 2024-09-13.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Summary

The Versa Director GUI provides an option to customize the look and feel of the user interface. This option is only available for a user logged with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin. (Tenant level users do not have this privilege). The “Change Favicon” (Favorite Icon) option can be mis-used to upload a malicious file ending with .png extension to masquerade as image file. This is possible only after a user with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin has successfully authenticated and logged in.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Base score	7.2 (HIGH)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector	NETWORK
Attack complexity	LOW
Privileges required	HIGH
User interaction	NONE
Scope	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality	HIGH
Integrity	HIGH
Availability	HIGH

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-434

Affected products

Versa-networks versa director

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References

Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2025-10-30. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.