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CVE-2020-37012: Tea LaTex 1.0 - Remote Code Execution

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

• ammarfaizi2 Tea LaTex: 1.0

References

• https://github.com/ammarfaizi2/latex.teainside.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tea-latex-remote-code-execution
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48805

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