# CVE-2009-4168: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roy Tanck tagcloud.swf, as used in the WP-Cumulus plugin before 1.23 for WordPress and the Joomu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-12-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508606/100/0/threaded
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajvclouds-xss.txt
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3789/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55156
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3665/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508833/100/0/threaded
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3801/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3839/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508071/100/0/threaded
- 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/38161
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37100
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54397
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37479
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33371

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