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CVE-2023-51316 (GCVE-0-2023-51316)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:21

Summary

A lack of rate limiting in the 'Forgot Password' feature of PHPJabbers Bus Reservation System v1.1 allows attackers to send an excessive amount of email for a legitimate user, leading to a possible Denial of Service (DoS) via a large amount of generated e-mail messages.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-21 17:41 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.phpjabbers.com/bus-reservation-system…
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/176497
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176497/PHPJa…

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FKIE_CVE-2023-51316

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-20 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:40

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	https://packetstorm.news/files/id/176497	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.phpjabbers.com/bus-reservation-system/#sectionDemo	Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176497/PHPJabbers-Bus-Reservation-System-1.1-Missing-Rate-Limiting.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	phpjabbers	bus_reservation_system	1.1

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GHSA-M4WH-553V-44VF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-20 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:31

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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GSD-2023-51316

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-18 06:01

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Aliases

CVE-2023-51316

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CVE-2023-51316 (GCVE-0-2023-51316)

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GHSA-M4WH-553V-44VF

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