CVE-2025-22286
Published: 16 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22286 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 25.2th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-22286 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the WordPress plugin LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition by enituretechnology. The issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 5.0.21 inclusive. Published on 2025-02-16, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating high severity due to network accessibility and changed scope.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low attack complexity by tricking users into interacting with malicious input, such as clicking a crafted link or submitting tainted data that reflects back in the web page. Exploitation enables injection of arbitrary scripts into the victim's browser context, potentially leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality (e.g., session token theft), integrity (e.g., script execution), and availability, with the changed scope amplifying risks like account takeover in the context of the site.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition/vulnerability/wordpress-ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition-plugin-5-0-21-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the Reflected XSS flaw in plugin version 5.0.21 and provides guidance on mitigation, including recommendations for applying available patches or updates to vulnerable installations.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2688
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in enituretechnology LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition: from n/a through <= 5.0.21.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of public-facing applications by unauthenticated attackers via crafted links.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs, directly preventing reflected XSS by encoding user-supplied input before rendering it in web pages.
SI-10 enforces validation of information inputs, blocking malicious payloads that could be reflected as executable scripts in the WordPress plugin.
SI-2 mandates identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly addressing this CVE through timely patching of the vulnerable plugin.