CVE-2023-1337: RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Missing Authorization in 'clear_uucss_logs'

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data loss due to a missing capability check on the clear_uucss_logs function in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to delete plugin log files.

Affected products

shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically: through 1.7.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2877726/unusedcss/trunk/includes/modules/unused-css/UnusedCSS_Admin.php?contextall=1&old=2847136&old_path=%2Funusedcss%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fmodules%2Funused-css%2FUnusedCSS_Admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a52325f9-51b5-469c-865e-73a22002d46f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2877726/unusedcss/trunk/includes/modules/unused-css/UnusedCSS_Admin.php?contextall=1&old=2847136&old_path=%2Funusedcss%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fmodules%2Funused-css%2FUnusedCSS_Admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a52325f9-51b5-469c-865e-73a22002d46f

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