Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-3342
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.2% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)4.2%top 9.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://files.eprints.org/2549/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://files.eprints.org/2548/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/eprints_security_review.pdf x_refsource_MISC