CVE-2009-4521 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in birt-viewer/run in Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) before 2.5.0, as used in KonaKart and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the __report parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.46% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| eclipse | birt |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Eclipse BIRT 2.2.1 - 'run?__report' Cross-Site Scripting | 2009-10-14 |
References
- http://antisnatchor.com/2008/12/18/eclipse-birt-reflected-xss
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37025
- http://www.osvdb.org/58941
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507172/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36674
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=259127
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53773
- http://antisnatchor.com/2008/12/18/eclipse-birt-reflected-xss
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37025
- http://www.osvdb.org/58941
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507172/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36674
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=259127
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53773
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