Record summary

CVE-2020-37012 has a selected CVSS score of 9.3 (critical); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.

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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Catalogued exploits
1

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationPoC
AutomatableYes
Technical impactTotal

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Jan 29, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus
CVE List1.0affected

Proofs of concept

1

Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBTea LaTex 1.0 - Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated)ExploitDB exploitby nepskaNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDB

PoC details

References

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