CVE-2024-13651 Missing authorization in RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can reset plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the RapidLoad WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-13651?

CVE-2024-13651 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically, published on 1 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The RapidLoad – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_deactivate() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset some of the plugin's settings.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13651?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapidload Rapidload Power-Up for Autoptimize.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13651 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-13651 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j8ph-6cv6-w3vq.

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