The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. (CWE-918)   Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 10.2.0.0 and 9.3.0.9, including 8.3.x, do not validate the Host header of incoming HTTP/HTTPS requests.   By providing URLs to unexpected hosts or ports, attackers can make it appear that the server is sending the request, possibly bypassing access controls such as firewalls that prevent the attackers from accessing the URLs directly. The server can be used as a proxy to conduct port scanning of hosts in internal networks, use other URLs such as that can access documents on the system (using file://), or use other protocols such as gopher:// or tftp://, which may provide greater control over the contents of requests.

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.7, including 8.3.x allow a malicious URL to inject content into the Analyzer plugin interface.

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.7, including 8.3.x do not correctly protect the ACL service endpoint of the Pentaho User Console against XML External Entity Reference.

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.5.0.0 and 9.3.0.4, including 8.3.x.x, saves passwords of the Hadoop Copy Files step in plaintext. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.3, including 8.3.x expose dashboard prompts to users who are not part of the authorization list. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.3, including 8.3.x deserialize untrusted JSON data without constraining the parser to approved classes and methods. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.4 and 8.3.0.27 does not correctly perform an authorization check in the dashboard editor plugin API.   

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.4 and 8.3.0.27 allow a malicious URL to inject content into a dashboard when the CDE plugin is present.   

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x allow a malicious URL to inject content into the Pentaho User Console through session variables. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.0 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x display the full parametrized SQL query in an error message when an invalid character is used within a Pentaho Report (*.prpt).