CVE-2025-22291 Overview
CVE-2025-22291 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability [CWE-862] in the enituretechnology LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition plugin for WordPress. The flaw affects all plugin versions up to and including 5.0.20. Attackers can exploit incorrectly configured access control checks to perform arbitrary content deletion actions without proper authorization. The vulnerability is exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, making it accessible to remote unauthenticated actors.
Critical Impact
Unauthenticated remote attackers can invoke privileged plugin actions and delete arbitrary content within affected WordPress sites, resulting in integrity loss.
Affected Products
- enituretechnology LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition (WordPress plugin)
- Plugin slug: ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition
- Versions: from n/a through 5.0.20 (inclusive)
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-02-16 - CVE-2025-22291 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-22291
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability stems from a missing authorization check [CWE-862] in the LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition plugin. The plugin exposes functionality that modifies or deletes site content without validating whether the caller holds the required capabilities or role. Because the affected endpoint accepts requests from unauthenticated network sources, attackers can invoke the deletion action directly. The Patchstack advisory classifies the resulting condition as arbitrary content deletion, meaning the attacker chooses which records the plugin removes.
The impact is limited to integrity of stored content. Confidentiality and availability of the underlying host are not directly affected by the flaw itself. However, destructive changes to WordPress content can produce downstream availability issues for the site operator, particularly for freight-quoting workflows that depend on stored configuration.
Root Cause
The plugin fails to enforce a capability check (for example, current_user_can()) and does not validate a nonce on the action handler that performs content deletion. Access control decisions rely on assumptions about the request context rather than explicit authorization gates, which is the pattern described by CWE-862 (Missing Authorization).
Attack Vector
Exploitation requires only network access to the target WordPress site. An attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to the plugin action endpoint, typically admin-ajax.php or a plugin-registered REST route, and triggers the deletion routine. No credentials, no user interaction, and no elevated privileges are required. The vulnerability does not require prior compromise of any WordPress account.
No verified public proof-of-concept code is currently referenced. See the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for the vendor-tracked technical details.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-22291
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected deletion of WordPress posts, options, or plugin-managed freight quote records without a corresponding administrative session.
- HTTP POST requests to admin-ajax.php or plugin REST routes containing ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition action parameters from unauthenticated sources.
- Web server access log entries showing repeated calls to plugin action handlers from a single external IP address.
Detection Strategies
- Inspect web server and WordPress access logs for requests referencing the plugin slug ltl-freight-quotes-worldwide-express-edition where the session cookie is absent or unauthenticated.
- Enable WordPress audit logging to capture object deletions and correlate them with the requesting IP and user context.
- Compare current database state against known-good backups to identify unauthorized content removal.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Alert on HTTP 200 responses to unauthenticated POST requests targeting plugin AJAX or REST endpoints.
- Track spikes in wp_posts or plugin table DELETE statements at the database layer.
- Monitor for outbound scanning tools probing WordPress plugin paths across the estate.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-22291
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition plugin to a version later than 5.0.20 as soon as the vendor publishes a fixed release.
- If no patched version is yet available, deactivate and remove the plugin from all affected WordPress installations.
- Restore any deleted content from verified backups and audit the site for further tampering.
Patch Information
At the time of publication, the Patchstack advisory lists affected versions up to and including 5.0.20. Administrators should consult the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the plugin repository for the fixed release version and apply it across all WordPress instances.
Workarounds
- Block unauthenticated access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php actions associated with the plugin using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule.
- Restrict access to WordPress administrative endpoints by source IP where operationally feasible.
- Disable the plugin until a patched version is installed and verified in a staging environment.
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