CVE-2024-13489
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the LTL Freight Quotes WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through specific parameters. Attackers can extract sensitive database information including user credentials, configuration data, and other private information. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- LTL Freight Quotes – Old Dominion Edition WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to credential theft, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, and potential website takeover.
Likely Case
Extraction of sensitive data including user information, plugin configurations, and potentially WordPress credentials.
If Mitigated
Limited information disclosure if database permissions are properly restricted and input validation is implemented elsewhere.
🎯 Exploit Status
Unauthenticated exploitation via HTTP requests to vulnerable endpoints with SQL injection payloads in edit_id and dropship_edit_id parameters.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 4.2.10
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'LTL Freight Quotes – Old Dominion Edition'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allImplement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns in edit_id and dropship_edit_id parameters
Parameter Input Validation
allAdd server-side validation to restrict edit_id and dropship_edit_id parameters to expected formats
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate and remove the vulnerable plugin from all WordPress installations
- Implement strict network access controls to limit access to affected WordPress instances
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'LTL Freight Quotes – Old Dominion Edition' version 4.2.10 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='ltl-freight-quotes-odfl-edition' --field=version (if WP-CLI installed)Verify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 4.2.10 in WordPress admin panel, or confirm plugin is completely removed📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in WordPress logs
- HTTP requests containing SQL keywords in edit_id or dropship_edit_id parameters
- Multiple failed query attempts from single IPs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST/GET requests with SQL injection payloads
- Unusual database query patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("edit_id" OR "dropship_edit_id") AND ("UNION" OR "SELECT" OR "INSERT" OR "UPDATE" OR "DELETE" OR "DROP" OR "OR 1=1")