Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x cannot allow a system administrator to disable scripting capabilities of Pentaho Reports (*.prpt) through the JVM script manager. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.0 and 9.3.0.1, including 8.3.x with the Big Data Plugin expose the username and password of clusters in clear text into system logs. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.0 and 9.3.0.1, including 8.3.x, using the Pentaho Data Access plugin exposes a service endpoint for CSV import which allows a user supplied path to access resources that are out of bounds.  

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x cannot allow a system administrator to disable scripting capabilities of the Community Dashboard Editor (CDE) plugin. 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x is installed with a sample HSQLDB data source configured with stored procedures enabled. 

Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 using the Pentaho Analyzer plugin exposes a service endpoint for templates which allows a user-supplied path to access resources that are out of bounds.  The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.  By using special elements such as ".." and "/" separators, attackers can escape outside of the restricted location to access files or directories that are elsewhere on the system.

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text.   The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.

A vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 does not cascade the hidden property to the children of the Home folder.  This directory listing provides an attacker with the complete index of all the resources located inside the directory.

An issue was discovered in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho through 9.1 and Pentaho Business Intelligence Server through 7.x. A reports (.prpt) file allows the inclusion of BeanShell scripts to ease the production of complex reports. An authenticated user can run arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho through 9.1 and Pentaho Business Intelligence Server through 7.x. They implement a series of web services using the SOAP protocol to allow scripting interaction with the backend server. An authenticated user (regardless of privileges) can list all databases connection details and credentials.