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.

CVSS v3.0

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

88.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-425

Published

2018-11-12

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (6)

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9144
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/trends-following-vulnerability-in-wp-gdpr-complian…
• Pwdnx1337/CVE-2018-192071★ · 2025-10-16
• aeroot/WP-GDPR-Compliance-Plugin-Exploit4★ · 2018-11-27
• cved-sources/cve-2018-192070★ · 2021-04-15
• deguru22/wp-plugins-poc7★ · 2020-12-02

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-19207.yaml

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/wp_gdpr_compliance_p…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2014-4725
• CVE-2025-6934
• CVE-2018-16283
• CVE-2018-19196
• CVE-2018-19208
• CVE-2018-19192