CVE-2021-45448
Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Pentaho Analyzer plugin exposes a service endpoint for templates which allows a user supplied path to access resources that are out of bounds.
02 Description
Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Pentaho Analyzer plugin exposes a service endpoint for templates which allows a user supplied path to access resources that are out of bounds.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-11-02 15:12Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-02 15:48Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-21
- Assigning CNA
- HITVAN
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b79571ed8249b6d94875bcd6054c92991157e15de6f40b21258ea316f05cabf5
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.pentaho.comhttps://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/6744743458701
07 Remediation
The defect may be mitigated either by uninstalling the Pentaho Analyzer plugin or upgrading to the latest Hitachi Vantara Pentaho version 9.3 release. For versions 9.2 and 8.3 we recommend updating to Service Packs 9.2.0.2/8.3.0.25 or above where this vulnerability is addressed.