CVE-2020-37012
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CVE-2020-37012 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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- Status
- Deferred
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