CVE-2018-19207 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting the Van Ons WP GDPR Compliance plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.4.3. This flaw stems from mishandling of input within the $wpdb->prepare() function, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute malicious code. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in November 2018, and public exploit modules are available, including a Metasploit module and Nuclei templates. Despite its critical nature and active exploitation, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:van-ons:wp-gdpr-compliance:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.