XSS in Roytanck Wp-Cumulus
CVE-2009-4168
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roy Tanck tagcloud.swf, as used in the WP-Cumulus plugin before 1.23 for WordPress and the Joomulus module 2.0 and earlier for Joomla!, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the tagcloud parameter in a tags action. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in tagcloud.swf in the WP-Cumulus Plug-in before 1.23 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the tagcloud parameter.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Roytanck Wp-Cumulus — versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.02
- WordPress
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508606/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajvclouds-xss.txt
- websecurity.com.ua/3789/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55156 (vdb-entry)
- websecurity.com.ua/3665/ (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508833/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- websecurity.com.ua/3801/
- websecurity.com.ua/3839/
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508071/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/37483 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-4168?
- CVE-2009-4168 is a vulnerability in Roytanck Wp-Cumulus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2009-12-02.
- Is CVE-2009-4168 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.