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CVE-2018-19207

Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2018-11-12 by GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2018-11-12
  • Fixed in1.4.3
  • WeaknessCWE-425

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-11-1217:00Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  2. 2018-11-1217:00Exploitation first reportedGCVE
  3. 2018-11-1217:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 03:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-19207?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-19207?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.4< 1.4.31.4.3

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance to 1.4.3

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
3 repositories, unverifiedaeroot/WP-GDPR-Compliance-Plugin-Exploitcved-sources/cve-2018-19207AnotherSec/CVE-2018-19207
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleauxiliary/admin/http/wp_gdpr_compliance_privescrank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-11-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19207?

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.

Is CVE-2018-19207 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-19207 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 88.1% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-19207?

CVE-2018-19207 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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