CVE-2021-3342
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute commands via...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-3342- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-3342- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-26673 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-26673- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-px6h-j7vf-8699 No score
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly execute commands via...
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.
- Record
GHSA-px6h-j7vf-8699- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-3342- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-3342 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Eprints, published March 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.18%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.