CVE-2023-51301Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Unauthenticated service interruption via reset-email flooding

Published Feb 19, 2025 · Updated Nov 4, 2025

Resource exhaustion in PHPJabbers Hotel Booking System 4.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt service through reset-email floods. The Login Section, Forgot Email workflow sends a new password message for every submitted request without limiting request frequency. No authentication or user interaction is required; repeated requests flood the legitimate user's mailbox and burden email delivery, with no crash or shutdown reported.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability0.75%
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 attackers to interrupt service through reset-email floods. The Login Section, Forgot Email workflow sends a new password message for every submitted request without limiting request frequency. No authentication or user interaction is required; repeated requests flood the legitimate user's mailbox and burden email delivery, with no crash or shutdown reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-51301
Published
Feb 19, 2025
Updated
Nov 4, 2025
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-400, T1499.003
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

Affected buildAffected product and version details are unavailable.

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

7.5CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499.003Application Exhaustion Flood

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