Wp Cumulus: Cross-site scripting

Wp Cumulus is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 4.3 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Wp Cumulus
Plugin slug: wp-cumulus
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Dec 02, 2009
Weakness: CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Dec 02, 2009 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Wp Cumulus to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical 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.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources