CVE-2023-6554 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When access to the "admin" folder is not protected by some external authorization mechanisms e.g. Apache Basic Auth, it is possible for any user to download protected information like exam answers.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00184.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tecnick	Tcexam

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58783	When access to the "admin" folder is not protected by some external authorization mechanisms e.g. Apache Basic Auth, it is possible for any user to download protected information like exam answers.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-6554/
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-6554/
https://tcexam.org/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2024-01-11T15:17:23.523Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:34:34.387Z

Reserved: 2023-12-06T13:46:33.216Z

Link: CVE-2023-6554

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.736Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T16:15:54.300

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:39.020

Link: CVE-2023-6554

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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