CVE-2009-4169

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-cumulus.php in the WP-Cumulus Plug-in before 1.22 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-12-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4169 is rated Moderate Risk (45.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.80%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4169

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 0.25% 1.80% +1.55%
2 2025-03-24 0.64% 0.25% -0.38%
3 2025-03-23 0.64%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4169

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
roytanck wp-cumulus <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
roytanck wp-cumulus 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
roytanck wp-cumulus 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:roytanck:wp-cumulus:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 1.03 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 1.11 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4169

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