Name: CVE-2009-4168: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-4168, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.05494

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Wp Cumulus Plugin	—	Update wp-cumulus plugin to version 1.23, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Dec 2, 2009

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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