CVE-2009-4521
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in birt-viewer/run in Eclipse Business Intelligence and...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-4521- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-4521- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-4487 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2009-4487- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r667-mpf5-fqrf No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in birt-viewer/run in Eclipse Business Intelligence and...
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.
- Record
GHSA-r667-mpf5-fqrf- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Eclipse BIRT 2.2.1 - 'run?__report' Cross-Site Scripting | 2009-10-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-4521 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Eclipse Birt, published December 31, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.46%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=259127
securityfocus.com/archive/1/507172/100/0/threaded
secunia.com/advisories/37025
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53773
antisnatchor.com/2008/12/18/eclipse-birt-reflected-xss
securityfocus.com/bid/36674
osvdb.org/58941
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4521
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r667-mpf5-fqrf