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FKIE_CVE-2018-19207

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-11-12 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:48
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/#developersProduct, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9144Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/trends-following-vulnerability-in-wp-gdpr-compliance-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/#developersProduct, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9144Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/trends-following-vulnerability-in-wp-gdpr-compliance-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance *
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