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An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in TCExam <= 14.8.1. If a password reset request was made for an email address that was not registered with a user then we would be presented with an ‘unknown email’ error. If an email is given that is registered with a user then this error will not appear. A malicious actor could abuse this to enumerate the email addresses of

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 30, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(53rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2021-20113

GHSA ID

GHSA-f452-fg56-fx5m

Source code

No known source code

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