Vulnerability CVE-2009-4168
Published: 2009-12-02   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
WP-Cumulus for WordPress - XSS, FPD
MustLive
04.12.2009
Low
WordPress plugin snazzy-archives XSS vulnerability
Henri Salo
11.03.2013

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Roytanck -> Wp-cumulus 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajvclouds-xss.txt
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
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