CVE-2009-4168

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4168
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-02 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.00 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.01 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.02 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.03 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.04 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.05 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.10 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.11 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.12 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.13 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.14 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.15 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.16 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.17 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.18 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.19 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.2.1 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus 1.20 All All All
Application Roytanck Wp-cumulus All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
WordPress WP-Cumulus Plugin "tagcloud" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
XSS vulnerabilities in 8 millions flash files - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua
Joomla! Joomulus Component 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Уразливості в WP-Cumulus для WordPress - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua Exploit
Уразливість в JVClouds3D для Joomla - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua
WordPress WP-Cumulus Plugin 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Joomla! JVClouds3D Module "tagcloud" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
WP-Cumulus updated to address yet another security issue | Roy Tanck's weblog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.roytanck.com Vendor Advisory
Files ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.org
Уразливість в Joomulus для Joomla - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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