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CVE-2018-19207

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 88.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-425

Description

The Van Ons WP GDPR Compliance (aka wp-gdpr-compliance) plugin before 1.4.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because $wpdb->prepare() input is mishandled, as exploited in the wild in November 2018.

Affected products

• Van-Ons Wp-Gdpr-Compliance: before 1.4.3 — fixed in 1.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Van-Ons Wp-Gdpr-Compliance 1.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105921
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9144
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/trends-following-vulnerability-in-wp-gdpr-compliance-plugin/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105921
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9144
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/trends-following-vulnerability-in-wp-gdpr-compliance-plugin/

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