Cross-Site Request Forgery in RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2023-1342

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

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

What is CVE-2023-1342?

The RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to inadequate nonce validation in its ucss_connect function. This vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to take advantage of unsuspecting site administrators by tricking them into executing actions, such as clicking a malicious link, thereby allowing attackers to connect the site to a new license key without authorization.

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:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
.