CVE-2023-1341 RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'ajax_deactivate'

What is CVE-2023-1341?

CVE-2023-1341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically, published on 10 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_deactivate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to turn off caching via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1341?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapidload Rapidload Power-Up for Autoptimize.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-1341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically

• CVE-2022-47593 WordPress RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize Plugin <= 1.6.35 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.5
• CVE-2023-1472 RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium 6.3
• CVE-2024-13651 Missing authorization in RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically Medium 4.3
• CVE-2023-1333 RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Missing Authorization in 'clear_page_cache' Medium 4.3
• CVE-2023-1334 RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Missing Authorization in 'queue_posts' Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-28wv-3f44-9j22.