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CVE-2024-39717

7.2
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
5.36%
LOW RiskEPSS (90th percentile)
KEV

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.

Published: 8/22/2024
Modified: 10/30/2025
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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Vulnerability Name:

Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload Vulnerability

Vendor / Product:

Versa Director

Required Action:

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

Due Date: 9/13/2024(OVERDUE)
Added to KEV:

8/23/2024

Notes:

https://versa-networks.com/blog/versa-security-bulletin-update-on-cve-2024-39717-versa-director-dangerous-file-type-upload-vulnerability/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39717

Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

5.36%LOW Exploitation Risk
90th percentile

This vulnerability has a 5.36% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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