{"id":86508,"date":"2026-02-20T03:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:19:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-23173-critical-risk-vulnerability-in-versa-director-sd-wan-orchestration-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23173-critical-risk-vulnerability-in-versa-director-sd-wan-orchestration-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-23173: Critical Risk Vulnerability in Versa Director SD-WAN Orchestration Platform<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The CVE-2025-23173 vulnerability pertains to the Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform. This report analyzes this critical vulnerability, which poses a significant risk to Versa Director users globally due to its potential for system compromise or data leakage. It is essential to address this vulnerability promptly to mitigate the adverse impacts.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-23173
\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.5)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: Potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

Versa Director SD-WAN Orchestration Platform | Versions prior to remediated software versions<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform provides direct web-based access to uCPE virtual machines through the Director GUI. By default, the websockify service is exposed on port 6080 and can be accessed from the internet. Attackers can exploit weaknesses in the websockify service to potentially gain remote code execution capabilities.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

A conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited could involve a malicious HTTP request to the websockify service. This might look something like:<\/p>\n

POST \/websockify?token=TARGET_TOKEN HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com:6080\nUpgrade: websocket\nConnection: Upgrade\nSec-WebSocket-Key: x3JJHMbDL1EzLkh9GBhXDw==\nSec-WebSocket-Version: 13\n{ \"malicious_payload\": \"...\" }<\/code><\/pre>\n
In the above example, the attacker would replace “TARGET_TOKEN” with the token of the target uCPE virtual machine, and “malicious_payload” with the actual malicious payload designed to exploit the weaknesses in the websockify service.<\/p>\n
Workarounds and Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n
As a workaround, users can restrict access to TCP port 6080 if uCPE console access is not necessary. Versa Networks recommends that Director be upgraded to one of the remediated software versions. As an alternative temporary mitigation, users can apply a vendor patch or use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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