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.
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
Aug 23, 2024 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Sep 13, 2024 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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