# CVE-2024-39717: Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload

> Authenticated administrators can upload malicious files disguised as PNG images via the favicon customization feature, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 23 Aug 2024 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7v24-gjqv-fwg7

## What is CVE-2024-39717?

CVE-2024-39717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 22 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39717?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Versa-Networks Versa Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 13 Sep 2024.

## Is CVE-2024-39717 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-39717 in the wild since at least 23 Aug 2024.

## Other vulnerabilities in Versa Director

- [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-2019-25029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25029/): Command injection in Versa 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-2024-39717 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 22 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-39717 in the wild since at least 23 Aug 2024.

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-2024-39717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39717/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39717
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39717
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39717

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39717/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.