{
    "id": "CVE-2009-4168",
    "published": "2009-12-02 18:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:13:10",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.05494",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92534",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "roytanck",
            "product": "wp-cumulus"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "wordpress",
            "product": "wordpress"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33371",
            "title": "WordPress Plugin WP-Cumulus 1.x - 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting",
            "date": "2009-11-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33371"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}