CVE-2018-19207 — The Van Ons WP GDPR Compliance (aka wp-gdpr-compliance) plugin before 1

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-11-12T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:30:04.040Z

09References

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