CVE-2020-24670
Published: 29 January 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-24670 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-17384
Vulnerability details
The Dashboard Editor in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho through 7.x - 8.x contains a reflected Cross-site scripting vulnerability, which allows an authenticated remote users to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. Specifically, the vulnerability lies in the 'type' attribute of 'dashboardXml' parameter. Remediated…
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in >= 7.1.0.25, >= 8.2.0.6, and >= 8.3.0.0 GA.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.