CVE-2009-4168
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 5.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 5.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Roytanck wp-cumulus ≤ 1.22
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.00
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.01
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.02
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.2.1
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.03
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.04
- Roytanck wp-cumulus 1.05
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37483
- http://www.roytanck.com/2009/11/15/wp-cumulus-updated-to-address-yet-another-security-issue/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37483
- http://www.roytanck.com/2009/11/15/wp-cumulus-updated-to-address-yet-another-security-issue/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3322
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajvclouds-xss.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38161
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3665/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3789/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3801/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3839/
- http://www.roytanck.com/2009/11/15/wp-cumulus-updated-to-address-yet-another-security-issue/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508071/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508606/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508833/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37100
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37479
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3322
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54397
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55156
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajvclouds-xss.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38161
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3665/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3789/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3801/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3839/
- http://www.roytanck.com/2009/11/15/wp-cumulus-updated-to-address-yet-another-security-issue/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508071/100/0/threaded