CVE-2024-13490
Published: 12 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13490 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Eniture Ltl Freight Quotes. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 44.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-13490 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the LTL Freight Quotes – XPO Edition plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 4.3.7. The flaw arises from insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters 'edit_id' and 'dropship_edit_id', combined with inadequate preparation of existing SQL queries, allowing attackers to append malicious SQL payloads.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and association with CWE-89. Successful exploitation enables extraction of sensitive information from the database by injecting additional SQL queries into legitimate ones.
Mitigation details are available in the referenced advisories, including the WordPress plugin trac changeset 3235163, which likely contains the patch, and Wordfence threat intelligence at the provided URL. Security practitioners should update the plugin beyond version 4.3.7 to address the issue.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-51628
Vulnerability details
The LTL Freight Quotes – XPO Edition plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'edit_id' and 'dropship_edit_id' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack…
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of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct remote SQL injection in a public-facing WordPress plugin enables unauthenticated exploitation of a web application for database information disclosure.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validating user-supplied parameters like 'edit_id' and 'dropship_edit_id' to block SQL injection by ensuring inputs conform to expected formats.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, testing, and correction of flaws such as this SQL injection vulnerability via plugin updates.
Requires vulnerability scanning that would identify the SQL injection flaw in the WordPress plugin, enabling proactive remediation.