Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-34684

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 08 November 2021

Published
08 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.2633 96.4th percentile
Risk Priority 35 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-34684 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics through 9.1 allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary SQL queries on any Pentaho data source and thus retrieve data from the related databases, as demonstrated by an api/repos/dashboards/editor URI.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

hitachi
vantara pentaho
≤ 9.1.0.0

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References