Security advisory
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
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-20113
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- 1 Nov 2026, 06:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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
osv:CVE-2021-20113
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20113",
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"summary": "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",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.915370256Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2021-07-30T14:15:14.343+00:00"
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