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CVE-2023-1342: RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'ucss_connect'

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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-352

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 the ucss_connect function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to connect the site to a new license key via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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/7c66894a-8d0f-4946-ae4d-bffd35f3ffb7?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/7c66894a-8d0f-4946-ae4d-bffd35f3ffb7

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