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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4168 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.49%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33371 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-11-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 5.20% | 5.49% | +0.30% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 5.58% | 5.20% | -0.38% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 5.58% | — |
Full EPSS history (22 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | <= 1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.00 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.01 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.02 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.03 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.04 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.05 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.12 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.13 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.15 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.17 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.18 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| roytanck | wp-cumulus | 1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |