CVE-2019-25029 Command injection in Versa Director

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands on Versa Director due to insufficient input validation, leading to potential system compromise.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-25029?

CVE-2019-25029 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 26 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Versa Director, the command injection is an attack in which the goal is execution of arbitrary commands on the host operating system via a vulnerable application. Command injection attacks are possible when an application passes unsafe user supplied data (forms, cookies, HTTP headers etc.) to a system shell. In this attack, the attacker-supplied operating system commands are usually executed with the privileges of the vulnerable application. Command injection attacks are possible largely due to insufficient input validation.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25029?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Versa-Networks Versa Director.

How do I fix CVE-2019-25029?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-25029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-288v-wgqw-xcfp.

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