# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2018-11-12 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105921
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9144
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/11/trends-following-vulnerability-in-wp-gdpr-compliance-plugin/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/wp_gdpr_compliance_privesc.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-19207.yaml
- https://github.com/AnotherSec/CVE-2018-19207
- https://github.com/aeroot/WP-GDPR-Compliance-Plugin-Exploit
- https://github.com/cved-sources/cve-2018-19207

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