# CVE-2025-23172: Server-side request forgery in Director

> Authenticated users can exploit Webhook features to send requests to localhost, enabling command execution and privilege escalation on Versa Director.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-683j-3v25-h2qg

## What is CVE-2025-23172?

CVE-2025-23172 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 18 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform includes a Webhook feature for sending notifications to external HTTP endpoints. However, the "Add Webhook" and "Test Webhook" functionalities can be abused by an authenticated user to send crafted HTTP requests to localhost. This can be leveraged to execute commands on behalf of the versa user, who has sudo privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation or remote code execution.  
 
Exploitation Status: 

Versa Networks is not aware of any reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited. Proof of concept for this vulnerability has been disclosed by third party security researchers.  

Workarounds or Mitigation: 

There are no workarounds to disable the GUI option. Versa recommends that Director be upgraded to one of the remediated software versions.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Versa-Networks Versa Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23172 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-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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23172 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 18 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23172 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-2025-23172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.