CVE-2022-43769
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection
As of , CVE-2022-43769 in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2025
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.98Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.pentaho.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a special element injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject Spring templates into properties files, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
CISA's description
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x allow certain web services to set property values which contain Spring templates that are interpreted downstream.
The CVE record's description, from HITVAN
- CVE published
- 3 April 2023
- Assigned by
- HITVAN
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-74
- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 51350).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Pentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCEexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Pentaho BA Server EE 9.3.0.0-428 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)EDB-ID 51350, 8 April 2023
Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-43939Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass | Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.92 | 0.92 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org