Authenticated code execution via crafted theme YAML
Published Feb 7, 2025 · Updated Feb 7, 2025
Unsafe YAML deserialization in Taisan AI Tarzan CMS 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through a theme upload. The Add Theme handler accepts an unrestricted ZIP and deserializes its theme.yaml file as trusted content, allowing a crafted YAML payload to trigger execution. Low-privileged access to the theme-management interface is required, and successful exploitation runs code in the CMS server process.
Summary
What happened
Unsafe YAML deserialization in Taisan AI Tarzan CMS 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through a theme upload. The Add Theme handler accepts an unrestricted ZIP and deserializes its theme.yaml file as trusted content, allowing a crafted YAML payload to trigger execution. Low-privileged access to the theme-management interface is required, and successful exploitation runs code in the CMS server process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1113
- Published
- Feb 7, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 7, 2025
- Vendor
- Taisan AI
- Product
- Tarzan CMS
- Classifications
- CWE-502, CWE-20, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Crafted theme.yaml upload proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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