CVE-2023-51887 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Command Injection vulnerability in Mathtex v.1.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted string in application URL.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03179.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ctan	Mathtex

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ctan:mathtex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-mathtex/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T19:25:27.018Z

Reserved: 2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-51887

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:11.844Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T17:15:08.360

Modified: 2025-06-20T20:15:26.543

Link: CVE-2023-51887

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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