CVE-2025-24664
Published: 27 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24664 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 23.8th 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-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-24664 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition WordPress plugin (ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition) developed by enituretechnology. This issue impacts all versions of the plugin from n/a through 5.0.20. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating critical severity due to its network accessibility, low attack complexity, and lack of prerequisites.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this SQL Injection vulnerability remotely over the network without user interaction. Exploitation enables high confidentiality impact through unauthorized access to sensitive data in the database, alongside low availability impact, with a scope change that extends the attack surface beyond the vulnerable component.
The Patchstack advisory provides details on mitigation at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition/vulnerability/wordpress-ltl-freight-quotes-plugin-5-0-20-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3859
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in enituretechnology LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition allows SQL Injection.This issue affects LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition: from n/a through <= 5.0.20.
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Why these techniques?
SQL injection in a public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of the web application.
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Mitigating Controls
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SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs, directly preventing SQL injection by neutralizing special elements in SQL commands as exploited in this CVE.
SI-2 requires timely identification, reporting, and remediation of system flaws, directly addressing this SQL injection vulnerability through patching the affected plugin versions.
SI-9 enforces restrictions on information inputs such as types, lengths, and ranges, mitigating SQL injection by limiting opportunities for malicious payloads in this CVE.