CVE-2020-37012 | Tea LaTex 1.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-37012
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-01-28 18:18 UTC
Published: 2026-01-29 14:28 UTC
Last updated: 2026-01-29 16:48 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Co…
Vendor / Product: ammarfaizi2 / Tea LaTex
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
ammarfaizi2	Tea LaTex	—	1.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-78	cna	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3	CRITICAL	4.0	cna	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

References (3)

ExploitDB-48805 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805
Vendor Homepage https://github.com/ammarfaizi2/latex.teainside.org
VulnCheck Advisory: Tea LaTex 1.0 - Remote Code Execution https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tea-latex-remote-code-execution