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CVE-2021-31602

Pentaho Business Analytics / Pentaho Business Server 9.1 SQL Injection

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue was discovered in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho through 9.1 and Pentaho Business Intelligence Server through 7.x. The Security Model has different layers of Access Control. One of these layers is the applicationContext security, which is defined in the applicationContext-spring-security.xml file. The default configuration allows an unauthenticated user with no previous knowledge of the platform settings to extract pieces of information without possessing valid credentials.

Se ha detectado un problema en Hitachi Vantara Pentaho versiones hasta 9.1 y en Pentaho Business Intelligence Server versiones hasta 7.x. El modelo de seguridad presenta diferentes capas de control de acceso. Una de estas capas es la seguridad applicationContext, que se define en el archivo applicationContext-spring-security.xml. La configuración por defecto permite que un usuario no autenticado y sin conocimiento previo de la configuración de la plataforma pueda extraer información sin poseer credenciales válidas

Pentaho allows users to create and manage Data Sources. Users can select a Data Source when creating a Dashboard through the Pentaho User Console. When a Data Source is added, Pentaho makes a HTTP request to the dashboards editor (/pentaho/api/repos/dashboards/editor) in order to test the connection by executing a test SQL query. However, further examination revealed that by utilizing CVE-2021-31602, an authentication bypass of Spring APIs, it is possible for an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary SQL queries on any Pentaho datasource and thus retrieve data from the related databases.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-04-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-11-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-03 First Exploit
  • 2024-09-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Hitachi
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 Vantara Pentaho
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 <= 9.1.0.0
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-
Affected
Hitachi
Search vendor "Hitachi"
 Vantara Pentaho Business Intelligence Server
Search vendor "Hitachi" for product "Vantara Pentaho Business Intelligence Server"
 <= 7.1
Search vendor "Hitachi" for product "Vantara Pentaho Business Intelligence Server" and version " <= 7.1"
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Affected