CVE-2021-31602 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive information from Pentaho Business Intelligence Server due to insecure default security configurations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-31602?

CVE-2021-31602 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-31602?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Hitachi Vantara Pentaho, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Intelligence Server.

How do I fix CVE-2021-31602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-31602 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2021-31602 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-31602 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h47p-j8f8-w9wx.

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