CVE-2009-4521

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4521 is rated Exploit Available (57.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.96%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4521

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33286 exploit_db edb 2009-10-14 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4521

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.71% 1.96% -1.75%
2 2026-01-01 2.96% 3.71% +0.75%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.96% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4521

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4521

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4521

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eclipse birt <= 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:birt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4521

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