CVE-2025-24291
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform provides functionality to upload various types of files. However, the Java code handling file uploads contains an argument injection vulnerability. By appending additional arguments to the file name, an attacker can bypass MIME type validation, allowing the upload of arbitrary file types. This flaw can be exploited to place a malicious file on disk. 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. There are no workarounds to disable the GUI option. Versa recommends that Director be upgraded to one of the remediated software versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Versa Director SD-WAN platform contains an argument injection vulnerability in its Java file upload handling code. Attackers can bypass MIME type validation by appending additional arguments to the filename, enabling upload of arbitrary malicious file types to disk.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Versa Director is installedRun 'rpm -qa | grep -i versa' or check for /opt/versa directory structureAffected if Versa Director software is present on the system
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Determine installed Versa Director versionRun 'rpm -qa | grep versa-director' or check /opt/versairector/build.info for version stringAffected if Version cannot be determined or is below remediated versions listed in Versa security advisory
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Verify GUI service is accessibleCheck if Versa Director web GUI port (default 8443 or 443) is listening: 'netstat -tlnp | grep -E "8443|443"'Affected if GUI service is exposed and accessible (required for the upload attack vector)
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Confirm file upload functionality is availableLog into Versa Director GUI and navigate to any file upload feature (e.g., template upload, software upload, certificate upload)Affected if User has access to GUI file upload interfaces
User is affected if Versa Director is installed with a version below remediated releases and the GUI file upload feature is accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Versa Director to remediated software versions; no workarounds exist as the GUI upload functionality cannot be disabled.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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