Is it possible to make XSS attacks through html comments with JSP code inside?

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Published on 2010-05-06T09:22:31Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 9:28 UTC
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Hello! Is it true that following code adds a XSS vulnerability to some JPS page?

<!--    <%=paramName%>=<%=request.getParameter(paramName)%><BR>  -->

It looks like a "leftover debug" and definitely should be removed from the code, but how dangerous is it?

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