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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-1344
CVE-2023-1344:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize WordPress plugin contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 1.7.1. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on March 10, 2023, and was discovered by Marco Wotschka from Wordfence (NVD, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) and is related to missing CSRF protection in various AJAX actions. The plugin lacks proper authorization and CSRF checks in multiple functionalities, including operations like deleting log files (Wordfence, WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability allows any authenticated users, including those with low-privilege roles such as subscribers, to perform unauthorized actions through CSRF attacks. This could potentially lead to unauthorized modifications of plugin settings and deletion of log files (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.7.2 of the RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect against potential CSRF attacks (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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