CVE-2025-22290
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the LTL Freight Quotes – FreightQuote Edition WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database. It affects all WordPress sites using this plugin from any version up to 2.3.11. Successful exploitation could lead to data theft, modification, or complete database compromise.
💻 Affected Systems
- LTL Freight Quotes – FreightQuote Edition WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including sensitive data exfiltration, privilege escalation, and potential remote code execution via database functions.
Likely Case
Data theft of user information, plugin settings, and potentially WordPress user credentials stored in the database.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and parameterized queries in place, potentially only error messages or minor data exposure.
🎯 Exploit Status
SQL injection vulnerabilities are commonly weaponized and this has a public proof-of-concept available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.3.12 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'LTL Freight Quotes – FreightQuote Edition'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 2.3.12+ from WordPress.org and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate ltl-freight-quotes-freightquote-edition
Web Application Firewall
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting this plugin.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the LTL Freight Quotes plugin immediately.
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate affected WordPress instances.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → LTL Freight Quotes – FreightQuote Edition → Version number. If version is 2.3.11 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get ltl-freight-quotes-freightquote-edition --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 2.3.12 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries in WordPress or MySQL logs
- Multiple failed login attempts or SQL errors in plugin-related requests
- Unexpected database connections from web server IP
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL keywords (SELECT, UNION, etc.) to plugin endpoints
- Abnormal traffic patterns to /wp-content/plugins/ltl-freight-quotes-freightquote-edition/
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("ltl-freight" OR "freightquote") AND ("sql" OR "database" OR "union" OR "select")