A vulnerability was found in RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize Plugin up to 1.7.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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 its AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke those functions, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Actions include resetting the API key, accessing or deleting log files, and deleting cache among others.

The weakness was shared 03/18/2023. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-1472 since 03/17/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/18/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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