FKIE_CVE-2020-37012

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-29 15:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:16
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Tea LaTex 1.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands through the /api.php endpoint. Attackers can craft a malicious LaTeX payload with shell commands that are executed when processed by the application's tex2png API action.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/ammarfaizi2/latex.teainside.org
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tea-latex-remote-code-execution
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:16:45.277",
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