Versa Director up to 22.1.4 default credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in Versa Director up to 22.1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to default credentials. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-24288. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Versa Director up to 22.1.4 and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1392. The product uses default credentials (such as passwords or cryptographic keys) for potentially critical functionality. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Versa Director software exposes a number of services by default and allow attackers an easy foothold due to default credentials and multiple accounts (most with sudo access) that utilize the same default credentials. By default, Versa director exposes ssh and postgres to the internet, alongside a host of other services. 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: Versa recommends the following security controls: 1) Change default passwords to complex passwords 2) Passwords must be complex with at least 8 characters that comprise of upper case, and lower case alphabets, as well as at at least one digit, and one special character 3) Passwords must be changed at least every 90 days 4) Password change history is checked to ensure that the at least the last 5 passwords must be used when changing password. 5) Review and audit logs for all authentication attempts to check for unauthorized/suspicious login attempts and enforce remediation steps.

The advisory is available at security-portal.versa-networks.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-24288 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/24/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at support.versa-networks.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18666). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Versa

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• Director

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• 21.2.0
• 21.2.1
• 21.2.2
• 21.2.3
• 22.1.0
• 22.1.1
• 22.1.2
• 22.1.3
• 22.1.4

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