cve-2018-19207

CRITICAL CVSS 9.8 opencve
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.

Timeline
Published
2018-11-12 17:29 UTC
Last Modified
2026-06-17
CVSS Details

CVSS details not available.

Affected Products

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Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS metrics
Version Base Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Source
3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H nvd
3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H opencve
References

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Linked Vulnerabilities

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