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CVE-2024-13651: RapidLoad – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically <= 2.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Setting Reset

• 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: 2025-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The RapidLoad – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_deactivate() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset some of the plugin's settings.

Affected products

• shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically: before 2.4.5 — fixed in 2.4.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically 2.4.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3232560%40unusedcss&new=3232560%40unusedcss&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87f9f052-2963-4548-9ff8-91dc2b4ecb43?source=cve

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