Executive Summary

CVE-2025-58643 is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the WordPress LTL Freight Quotes – Daylight Edition plugin (versions up to 2.2.7). It allows an attacker with administrator-level privileges to exploit a suitable PHP Object Injection Property Oriented Programming (POP) chain to potentially execute arbitrary code, perform SQL injection, path traversal, denial of service, and other attacks. The vulnerability arises from deserialization of untrusted data. [1]

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Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability can lead to severe impacts including arbitrary code execution, SQL injection, path traversal, and denial of service on the affected system. However, exploitation requires administrator-level access, which limits the attack surface. The overall severity is considered low, but successful exploitation could compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. [1]

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Detection Guidance

Detection of this vulnerability involves identifying if the WordPress LTL Freight Quotes – Daylight Edition plugin version is 2.2.7 or earlier installed on your system. Since it requires administrator privileges to exploit, monitoring for unusual administrator activity or unexpected PHP object injection attempts may help. However, no specific detection commands are provided. It is also recommended to avoid relying solely on plugin-based malware scanners as they can be tampered with by malware. [1]

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Mitigation Strategies

The immediate mitigation step is to update the LTL Freight Quotes – Daylight Edition plugin to version 2.2.8 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed. Alternatively, Patchstack offers a virtual patching (vPatch) solution that can auto-mitigate the vulnerability before official patches are applied. Additionally, general security best practices include using professional incident response services if compromise is suspected and avoiding reliance on plugin-based malware scanners. [1]

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