CVE-2020-37012

critical · 9.3

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.

9.3

CVSS

0.8%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

55th

EPSS percentile

2026-01-29

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-78

References

https://github.com/ammarfaizi2/latex.teainside.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tea-latex-remote-code-execution
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2020-37012