CVE-2009-4168 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Roy Tanck tagcloud.swf component, affecting the WP-Cumulus plugin for WordPress (versions prior to 1.23) and the Joomulus module for Joomla! (versions 2.0 and earlier). This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'tagcloud' parameter. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but not authentication, and could lead to information disclosure or defacement. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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