# CVE-2019-25029: Command injection in Versa Director

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

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 May 2021
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-288v-wgqw-xcfp

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25029?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2019-25029 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Versa Director

- [CVE-2024-39717](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39717/): Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload (medium 6.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-42450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42450/): Hardcoded credentials in Director (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-24288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24288/): Hardcoded credentials in Director (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-23173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23173/): Information disclosure in Director (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-23171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23171/): File upload in Director (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25029 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Versa Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25029/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25029/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25029
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25029
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25029

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25029/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.