Findings

CVE-2024-39717

Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload Vulnerability

Published Aug 22, 2024 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · versa-networks versa director

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.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 22, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    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

  2. Aug 23, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Sep 13, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA due date Sep 13, 2024

Affected

  • cpe versa-networks/versa director21.2.2
  • cpe versa-networks/versa director21.2.3
  • cpe versa-networks/versa director22.1.1
  • cpe versa-networks/versa director22.1.2
  • cpe versa-networks/versa director22.1.3
  • vendor Versa Directorversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2024-39717

    The Versa Director GUI contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that allows administrators with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin privileges to customize the user interface. The “Change Favicon” (Favorite Icon) enables the upload of a .png file, which can be exploited to upload a malicious file with a .png extension disguised as an ima

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2024-39717

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2024-39717

    30-day exploitation probability 4.0%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2024-39717

    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 Favic

    nvd.nist.gov

References