# CVE-2009-4521: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in birt-viewer/run in Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) before 2.5.0, as use

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-12-31 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=259127
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507172/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37025
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53773
- http://antisnatchor.com/2008/12/18/eclipse-birt-reflected-xss
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36674
- http://www.osvdb.org/58941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33286

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