A lack of rate limiting in the 'Forgot Password', 'Email Settings' feature of PHPJabbers…
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A lack of rate limiting in the 'Forgot Password', 'Email Settings' feature of PHPJabbers Restaurant Booking System v3.0 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00749 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:phpjabbers:restaurant_booking_system:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0 | Vulnerable | PHPJabbers |
- cpe:2.3:a:phpjabbers:restaurant_booking_system:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·PHPJabbers
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-51314
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gcrj-wc48-gvjv
References
More PHPJabbers Restaurant Booking System vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-27987 PHPJabbers Restaurant Booking System v3.0 is vulnerable to Multiple Stored Cross-Site… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-27984 PHPJabbers Restaurant Booking System v3.0 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-27985 PHPJabbers Restaurant Booking System v3.0 is vulnerable to CSV Injection vulnerability… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-27989 PHPJabbers Restaurant Booking System v3.0 is vulnerable to Multiple HTML Injection in the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-51314 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-51314 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gcrj-wc48-gvjv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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