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ID:9345 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Eclipse Birt - CVE-2009-4521
ID:9345 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Eclipse Birt - CVE-2009-4521
Published: September 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80940
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-4521
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Eclipse Birt
Eclipse Birt
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in birt-viewer/run in Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) before 2.5.0, as used in KonaKart and other products, when processing __report parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..