CVE-2023-51297Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Service interruption via unthrottled email generation

Published Feb 19, 2025 · Updated Feb 19, 2025

Resource exhaustion in PHPJabbers Hotel Booking System 4.0 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through email floods. The Email Settings feature accepts repeated send requests without rate limiting and generates an email for a legitimate user on every request. Low-privileged access to Email Settings is required; sustained requests can exhaust mail or application resources, without reported data exposure or modification.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.55%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in PHPJabbers Hotel Booking System 4.0 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through email floods. The Email Settings feature accepts repeated send requests without rate limiting and generates an email for a legitimate user on every request. Low-privileged access to Email Settings is required; sustained requests can exhaust mail or application resources, without reported data exposure or modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-51297
Published
Feb 19, 2025
Updated
Feb 19, 2025
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-770, T1499.003
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

6.5CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499.003Application Exhaustion Flood

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