CVE-2023-1472 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-1472

RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Marco Wotschka

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 17th, 2023
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Initial Access
T1204.001 Malicious Link
Execution
T1098 Account Manipulation
Persistence
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact