Clearfy <= 2.4.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Update Notification Tampering

2026-01-08 17:24
Dmitrii Ignatyev

Vulnerability Overview

The Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on the "wbcr_upm_change_flag" function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disable plugin/theme update notifications via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.4.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

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