Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-51887

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 24 January 2024

Published
24 January 2024
Modified
20 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0318 87.2th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-51887 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Ctan Mathtex. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ctan
mathtex
≤ 1.05

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References