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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-28399

OrangeHRM 4.7 allows an unauthenticated user to enumerate the valid username and email address via the forgot password function.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-28399

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Apr 2021, 14:15 UTC

OrangeHRM 4.7 allows an unauthenticated user to enumerate the valid username and email address via the forgot password function.

osv:CVE-2021-28399
Complete source record
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  "id": "4037c0c8ece49a36eee86c501a2a9090a06c4a589626dbed7bae50fec96e96ba",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28399",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-28399",
    "summary": "OrangeHRM 4.7 allows an unauthenticated user to enumerate the valid username and email address via the forgot password function.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-28399",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-28399",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-28399"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "2b77e271a49d8d580bc2ee8026211964a63bddb1"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "2b77e271a49d8d580bc2ee8026211964a63bddb1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.7",
            "v4.7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-28399.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.101791742Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/C1inton/CVE-Record/blob/master/CVE%20Record/%5BCVE-2021-28399%5DOrangeHRM%204.7.md",
        "https://www.orangehrm.com/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-28399",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430605,
  "published_at": "2021-04-26T14:15:08.747+00:00"
}