CVE-2020-36718: The GDPR CCPA Compliance Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.3 via deserialization of untrusted input "njt_gdpr_allow_permissions" va

critical Affects ninja-gdpr-compliance (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The GDPR CCPA Compliance Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.3 via deserialization of untrusted input "njt_gdpr_allow_permissions" va

Package
ninja-gdpr-compliance (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=2.3
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (77.4th percentile)
Published
2023-06-07
Source
nvd

References

CWE-502
NVD recordninja-gdpr-compliance (WordPress plugin) advisories

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