CVE-2018-19207
The Van Ons WP GDPR Compliance (aka wp-gdpr-compliance) plugin before 1.4.3 for WordPress allows...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-19207- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-425
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-19207- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-10916 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-10916- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q4mw-9w8q-q3fp
The Van Ons WP GDPR Compliance (aka wp-gdpr-compliance) plugin before 1.4.3 for WordPress allows...
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.
- Record
GHSA-q4mw-9w8q-q3fp- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-425
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | WordPress WP GDPR Compliance Plugin Privilege Escalation | 2018-11-08 |
| Nuclei | WP GDPR Compliance < 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated Call Any Action or Update Any Option | |
| PoC in GitHub | AnotherSec/CVE-2018-19207 | 2025-09-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | aeroot/WP-GDPR-Compliance-Plugin-Exploit | 2018-11-27 |
| PoC in GitHub | cved-sources/cve-2018-19207 | 2019-03-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19207 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Van-ons Wp-gdpr-compliance, published November 12, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.