CVE-2025-24909 Cross-site scripting in Pentaho Business Analytics Server
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via URLs in the Analyzer plugin, potentially stealing session cookies or performing actions on behalf of victims.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24909?
CVE-2025-24909 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 16 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Overview
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralize user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. (CWE-79)
Description
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 10.2.0.2, including 9.3.x and 8.3.x, allow a malicious URL to inject content into the Analyzer plugin interface.
Impact
Once the malicious script is injected, the attacker can perform a variety of malicious activities. The attacker could transfer private information, such as cookies that may include session information, from the victim's machine to the attacker. The attacker could send malicious requests to a web site on behalf of the victim, which could be especially dangerous to the site if the victim has administrator privileges to manage that site.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24909?
How do I fix CVE-2025-24909?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-24909 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24909 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2mw-2wm2-5876.