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title: "CVE-2024-39717: Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-39717/
description: "CVE-2024-39717 (Versa Director): Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). The Versa Director GUI provides an option to customize the look and feel of the user…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-08-22
date_modified: 2025-10-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-39717"
kev: true
cvss: 6.6
epss: 0.04006
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-39717: Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload Vulnerability

**Signal:** Exploited: patch now if you run it. CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Yes, if you run Versa Director. CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-08-23, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2024-09-13 ; treat that as the outer limit, not the target.
- EPSS 4.0% , percentile 90: FIRST’s model estimates a 4.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (high (admin)). Exposure depends on who can log in.

## What it is

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.

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Versa Director: 21.2.2 <= 21.2.2, 21.2.3 before 2024-06-21 < 21.2.3 before 2024-06-21, 22.1.1 <= 22.1.1, 22.1.2 before 2024-06-21 <= 22.1.2 before 2024-06-21, 22.1.3 before 2024-06-21 <= 22.1.3 before 2024-06-21

## Severity

- hackerone CVSS 3.0: 6.6 `CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: added 2024-08-23; federal due date 2024-09-13. Known ransomware use: Unknown.
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 4.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 90.

## Sources

- [Listed in CISA KEV notes (versa-networks.com)](https://versa-networks.com/blog/versa-security-bulletin-update-on-cve-2024-39717-versa-director-dangerous-file-type-upload-vulnerability/)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-39717](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39717)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-39717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39717)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-39717)

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