Unauthorized Access in RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-1336

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 March 2023

Summary

The RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize plugin for WordPress contains a security flaw allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to perform an unauthorized settings update. This occurs due to a missing capability check in the ajax_deactivate function, which can lead to disabling the caching functionality of the plugin. As a result, websites utilizing this plugin may experience performance degradation and increased load times if the vulnerability is exploited.

Affected Version(s)

RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize * <= 1.7.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2877726/unus...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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