CVE-2009-4168

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roy Tanck tagcloud.swf, as used in the WP-Cumulus...

4.3 MediumPublic exploit

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.

Exploit likelihood

5.47%Down 6.9 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Record: CVE-2009-4168
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2009-4168
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2009-4138 No score

Record: EUVD-2009-4138
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f865-32w6-7639 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roy Tanck tagcloud.swf, as used in the WP-Cumulus...

Record: GHSA-f865-32w6-7639
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

roytanck wp-cumulus

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	WordPress Plugin WP-Cumulus 1.x - 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting	2009-11-09

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-4168 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Roytanck Wp-cumulus, published December 2, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.47%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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