Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2018-19207

van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')

Published Nov 9, 2018 · catalog updated Nov 9, 2018 · van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance Direct Request

Patch now

CVE-2018-19207 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance Direct Request against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
88.06%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance

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. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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How to fix CVE-2018-19207

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-19207 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm van-ons wp-gdpr-compliance Direct Request against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 88.06%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 9, 2018 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Nov 9, 2018 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19207

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-19207

    30-day exploitation probability 88.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.