# CVE-2020-24665: XML external entity in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can cause denial of service in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho via XML Entity Expansion in the Dashboard Editor.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9gjx-m56f-j2fc

## What is CVE-2020-24665?

CVE-2020-24665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Dashboard Editor in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho through 7.x - 8.x contains an XML Entity Expansion injection vulnerability, which allows an authenticated remote users to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. Specifically, the vulnerability lies in the 'dashboardXml' parameter. Remediated in >= 7.1.0.25, >= 8.2.0.6, >= 8.3.0.0 GA

Weakness: CWE-776 (Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24665?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-24665?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-24665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-34684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34684/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-31599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31599/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-4815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4815/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Deserialization of Untrusted Data (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2021-45447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45447/): Information disclosure in Pentaho Business Analytics Server (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2021-45448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45448/): Path traversal in Pentaho Business Analytics Server (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-24665 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-24665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24665/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24665/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24665
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24665
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24665

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