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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-28 | Published 2026-01-29 | Updated 2026-01-29 | Assigner VulnCheck




CRITICAL: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Product status

1.0
affected

Credits

nepska finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805 exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805 (ExploitDB-48805) exploit

github.com/ammarfaizi2/latex.teainside.org (Vendor Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tea-latex-remote-code-execution (VulnCheck Advisory: Tea LaTex 1.0 - Remote Code Execution) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-37012)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-37012)

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