CVE-2021-3342

CRITICAL

EPrints 3.4.2 - Remote Command Execution via LaTeX Input to latex2png Endpoint

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute commands via crafted LaTeX input to a cgi/latex2png?latex= URI.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://files.eprints.org/2549/
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://files.eprints.org/2548/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0418
EPSS Percentile 89.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
eprints/eprints 3.4.2
Published Mar 01, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026