Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Report Viewer Control in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and Report Viewer 2005 SP1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter in a data source, aka "Report Viewer Controls XSS Vulnerability."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1976 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 65.67%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36020 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-08-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-19 | 66.11% | 65.67% | -0.44% |
| 2 | 2025-11-27 | 65.71% | 66.11% | +0.40% |
| 3 | 2025-10-18 | — | 65.71% | — |
Full EPSS history (22 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | report_viewer | 2005 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:report_viewer:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | report_viewer | 2005 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:report_viewer:2005:sp1:redistributable_package:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | visual_studio | 2005 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145326307707460&w=2 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49033 | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-067 | |
| https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04945270 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12773 |